Policijas izziņas teorētiskais diskurss un tās īstenošanas problemātika Latvijā starpkaru periodā

Abstract

In the interwar period of the Republic of Latvia, with the adoption of the amendments to the Criminal Procedure Law in 1939, legalisation of the inquiry was performed, equating it to the information acquired within preliminary investigation. However, before the implementation of the reform in the Republic of Latvia, information obtained within the framework of the inquiry was already legitimised and used as evidence in the preliminary investigation and court proceedings. Although the reasons for the reform were the improvement of the effectiveness and high qualification of the police, taking into account the theoretical discourse of the police inquiry, it can be established that the implemented reforms strengthened the inquisitorial criminal process without addressing the problems existing in practice. Within the scope of the current article, the author has analysed theoretical and practical aspects of the inquiry in the Republic of Latvia during the interwar period, identifying the scope of the inquiry specified in the Criminal Procedure Law and its enforcement procedures, as well as the reasons and objectives of the amendments to the Criminal Procedure Law of 1939 regarding the legalisation of inquiry.