VEREJNÁ ŽALOBA V ANGLO-AMERICKOM PRÁVNOM SYSTÉME

The author of this article deals with the public prosecution in the Anglo-American legal system. The Anglo-American legal system is one of the biggest legal systems in the world that has many particularities. One of them is the organization and competence of the public prosecution offices. Therefore the author analyzes public prosecution system existing in the original English legal system that has had an enormous influence on the form of public prosecution systems of other Anglo-American countries. Subsequently the author deals with the American public prosecution system that has after time diverted from the English public prosecution system. The author of the article also analyzes the historical background of formation and developement of the public prosecution offices and points out to some criticised aspects of the Anglo-American public prosecution system.