Specific features of the legal regulation of prosecution for contempt of court: judicial rules established in different countries

Características específicas de la regulación legal del enjuiciamiento por manifestación de desacato a los tribunales: normas judiciales establecidas en diferentes países

DOI: https://doi.org/10.46398/cuestpol.4074.21
Keywords: legal liability, contempt of court, administrative violation, court hearing, case review

Abstract

The purpose of the article is to reveal the specific features of prosecution for contempt of court in different countries. The methodological basis of this research is a set of general scientific methods (dialectics, abstraction, generalization, analysis, modelling) and special methods of scientific cognition (comparative and legal method, etc.). The existing types of responsibility and penalties for committing contempt of court in different countries of the world have been characterized. The authors have carried out the analysis of the experience of legal liability for manifestation of contempt of court rules established in the United States, Canada, France, Australia, Belgium, Poland, Great Britain, New Zealand, Ireland and India, which allowed to highlight the positive provisions for improvement of legislation in this area. It has been concluded that the purpose of establishing the aforementioned responsibility is to guarantee the administration of justice and the rule of law, maintain and strengthen public confidence in the judicial system, safeguarding the continuity of the judicial process. Based on the analysis of regulatory legal acts and the jurisprudence of several countries in the world, the authors have made the classification by categories of actions that qualify as contempt.

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Author Biographies

Larysa Nalyvaiko, Dnipropetrovsk State University of Internal Affairs, Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine.

Doctor in Law, professor, Vice-Rector of Dnipropetrovsk state university of international affairs, professor of the Department of General Legal Disciplines at the Educational and Scientific of Law and Innovative Education of Dnipropetrovsk State University of Internal Affairs, Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine.

Vasyl Ilkov, Dnipropetrovsk State University of Internal Affairs.

Doctor in Law, Professor, professor of the Department of General Legal Disciplines at the Educational and Scientific of Law and Innovative Education of Dnipropetrovsk State University of Internal Affairs.

Iryna Verba, Dnipropetrovsk State University of Internal Affairs, Ukraine.

Ph.D. in Law, associate professor of the Department of General Legal Disciplines at the Educational and Scientific of Law and Innovative Education of Dnipropetrovsk State University of Internal Affairs, Judge, Dnipropetrovsk Regional Administrative Court. Ukraine.


Olha Kulinich, Dnipropetrovsk State University of Internal Affairs. Ukraine.

Ph.D. in Law, associate Professor of the Department of General Legal Disciplines at the Educational and Scientific of Law and Innovative Education of Dnipropetrovsk State University of Internal Affairs. Ukraine.

Oleksandr Korovaiko, Kherson Court of Appeals. Ukraine.

Doctor in Law, president judge of Kherson Court of Appeals. Ukraine.

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Published
2022-10-11
How to Cite
Nalyvaiko, L., Ilkov, V., Verba, I., Kulinich, O., & Korovaiko, O. (2022). Specific features of the legal regulation of prosecution for contempt of court: judicial rules established in different countries: Características específicas de la regulación legal del enjuiciamiento por manifestación de desacato a los tribunales: normas judiciales establecidas en diferentes países. Political Questions, 40(74), 393-409. https://doi.org/10.46398/cuestpol.4074.21
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Vol. 40 No. 74 (2022): Cuestiones Políticas
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Derecho Público

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