Udział czynnika społecznego w wymiarze sprawiedliwości jako realizacja zasady publiczności

Abstract

The article presents the rule of transparency in criminal procedure. Especially the external aspect of this rule – the rule of public nature of a trial. The paper illustrates the constitutional and criminal regulation of the rule of publicness. It identifies the conditions under which a trial is freely accessible to a public audience and the conditions under which such openness is not possible. Th e article also shows the targets, features and aspects of the rule of publicness in terms of its implementation.