UNIVERSITY OF BIAŁYSTOK FACULTY OF LAW BIAŁOSTOCKIE STUDIA PRAWNICZE BIAŁYSTOK 2016 VOLUME 21 Ministry of Science and Higher Education Republic of Poland Creation of the English-language versions of the articles published in the „Białostockie Studia Prawnicze” [Białystok Legal Studies] funded under the contract no. 548/P-DUN/2016 and 548/1/P-DUN/2016 from resources of the Minister of Science and Higher Education dedicated to the popularisation of science. Stworzenie anglojęzycznych wersji wydawanych publikacji w “Białostockich Studiach Prawniczych” fi nansowane w ramach umowy 548/P-DUN/2016 i 548/1/P-DUN/2016 ze środków Ministra Nauki i Szkolnictwa Wyższego przeznaczonych na działalność upowszechniającą naukę. BIAŁOSTOCKIE STUDIA PRAWNICZE VOLUME 21 Editor-in-Chief of the Publisher Wydawnictwo Temida 2: Cezary Kosikowski Chair of the Advisory Board of the Publisher Wydawnictwo Temida 2: Emil W. Pływaczewski Advisory Board: Representatives of the University of Białystok: Stanisław Bożyk, Leonard Etel, Ewa M. Guzik-Makaruk, Adam Jamróz, Dariusz Kijowski, Cezary Kosikowski, Cezary Kulesza, Agnieszka Malarewicz-Jakubów, Maciej Perkowski, Stanisław Prutis, Eugeniusz Ruśkowski, Walerian Sanetra, Joanna Sieńczyło-Chlabicz, Ryszard Skarzyński, Halina Święczkowska, Jaroslav Volkonovski, Mieczysława Zdanowicz. Representatives of other Polish Universities: Marian Filar (Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, Edward Gniewek (University of Wrocław), Lech Paprzycki (Kozminski University in Warsaw), Stanisław Waltoś (Jagiellonian University in Kraków). 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Novikov (State University of St Petersburg, Russia), Sławomir Redo (University of Vienna, Austria), Jerzy Sarnecki (University of Stockholm, Sweden), Rick Sarre (University of South Australia, Australia), Kevin Saunders (Michigan State University, the USA), Bernd Schünemann (University of Munich, Germany), Sebastiano Tafaro (University of Bari, Italy), Wiktor Trinczuk (Kyiv National Economic University, Ukraine), Elena Chernikova (Russian Academy of National Economy and Public Administration, Russia), Bogusia Puchalska (Central Lancashire University in Preston, the UK). Editors: Editor-in-Chief: Elżbieta Kużelewska Editorial Secretary: Anna Budnik Other Editors: Andrzej Sakowicz, Urszula K. Zawadzka-Pąk © Copyright by Wydział Prawa Uniwersytetu w Białymstoku, Temida 2, Białystok 2016 No part of this work may be reproduced and distributed in any form or by any means (electronic, mechanical), including photocopying – without the written permission of the Publisher. Th e original version of the journal is a print one. ISSN 1689–7404 Language Editors: Ewa Brajczewska (Polish), Richard Tykocki-Crow (English) Statistical Editor: Ewa Glińska Volume Th eme Editors: Cezary Kulesza, Dariusz Kużelewski, Stanisław Burdziej Volume Secretary: Katarzyna Łapińska Graphic and Typographic Development: Anna Magnuszewska, Jerzy Banasiuk Cover Design: Bogusława Guenther Publisher: Faculty of Law, University of Białystok; Temida 2 All volumes can be purchased from Wydawnictwo Temida 2, address ul. A. Mickiewicza 1, 15-213 Białystok, e-mail: [email protected], tel. 85 745 71 68 4 Contents Introduction ......................................................................................................................... 7 ARTICLES Stanisław Burdziej Community Justice – Reconstruction of Assumptions and Critique of a Criminal Policy Model .................................................................................................. 9 Wojciech Zalewski Restorative Justice – a Form of Deliberative Democracy?............................................... 23 Krzysztof Piątek Restorative Justice in post-Penitentiary Assistance in Poland. Th e Case of the „Mateusz” Readaptation Centre in Toruń ...........................................................35 Cezary Kulesza Th e Participation of the Social Factor in Sentencing in the Historical and Law-Comparative Perspective ................................................................................... 47 Ewa Kowalewska-Borys, Agata Osińska, Marlena Żukowska Th e Participation of the Social Factor in the Judiciary from a Constitutional Perspective ..................................................................................63 Izabela Urbaniak-Mastalerz, Adrianna Niegierewicz Th e Participation of a Social Factor in Criminal Proceedings in the Light of Court Judicature ......................................................................................77 Mateusz Kostro Th e Participation of a Social Factor in the Administration of Justice as the Implementation of the Rule of the Public Trial ...................................................93 Dobrosława Szumiło-Kulczycka Participation of Social Organizations in Juvenile Proceedings – Th eoretical Foundations and Practice .............................................................................................107 5 Contents Katarzyna Łapińska, Małgorzata Mańczuk Public Participation in Polish Executive Proceedings in View of Selected European Regulations ...................................................................................................... 119 Rafał Kamiński Characteristics of Selected Institutions of Probation in the Context of the Participation of Non-Governmental Organizations in their Implementation ................................... 133 Piotr Gensikowski Selected Procedures Used in Community Courts and Changes in the Institution of Conditional Discontinuance of the Proceedings and Conditional Sentencing in the Years 2015-2016 ............................................................................................................... 147 Krzysztof Woźniewski Admission of a Community Representative to Court Proceedings to Article 90 of the Amended Code of Criminal Procedure of 10 June 2016 ..............................................159 Bartosz Pilitowski Activities of Non-Governmental Organizations in Polish Courts that Do Not Include Involvement in Proceedings ............................................................................................. 171 Dariusz Kużelewski Th e Eff ectiveness of Victim-Off ender Mediation in Criminal Proceedings Carried Out in 2011-2014 in the District Court of Białystok in the Light of Files Research ..........183 Iwona Sierocka Mediation Procedure in Labour Law Disputes .............................................................. 199 COMMENTARIES Andrzej Sakowicz Commentary on the Judgment of the Supreme Court of 18 March 2015 (Ref. No. II KK 318/14) .................................................................................................... 211 REVIEWS Review of the book: H. Lemke-Küch, Der Laienrichter – überlebtes Symbol oder Garant der Wahrheitsfi ndung? Eine rechtsgeschistliche Untersuchung über das “moderne” Volksgericht in Deutschland seit Beginn des 19. Jahrhunderts, Peter Lang GmbH, Frankfurt am Main 2014 (Cezary Kulesza) ................................. 219 List of the Reviewers in 2016 ......................................................................................... 225 6 Introduction 21 Volume of “Białostockie Studia Prawnicze” [Białystok Legal Studies] focuses on the presence of social factors in the justice system. Scientifi c articles published herein are the continuation and development of the research initiated under a scien- tifi c project “Pilot implementation of the ‘Community Court’ model in Poland as an institutional bridge between the judiciary, self-government bodies and social organ- izations facilitating the implementation of restorative justice in practice” carried out in 2014-2015 and funded by the Polish National Council for Research and Develop- ment within the framework of the programme “Social Innovations”. A purpose of the project was the creation and pilot implementation of the model of cooperation between social organizations and courts, and in particular working out the procedure of establishing restorative programs for defendants which may be applied by the court when imposing a penalty. Th e project was based on the An- glo-Saxon model of the community court characterized by close cooperation be- tween the justice system and social organization as well as a wide application of the principles and procedures of restorative justice to increase a role of non-custodial sentences, probation and compensatory measures. Th e authors of texts submitted to “Białostockie Studia Prawnicze” are not only direct contractors of the above mentioned project but also acclaimed scientifi c ex- perts in the fi eld of criminal and restorative justice from leading scientifi c centres in Poland. Th e studies included in this volume refl ect the state of discussion