TFL Vsebine / Revija Pravnik

11

Kadar pravo slikamo s pomočjo proze, lahko ustaljene strukture izzovemo bolj posredno, neformalno. Upoštevaje to vodilo, se avtor prispevka sooči z deli Franza Kafke in tako pokaže, da je ob garantni in varstveni funkciji kazenskega postopka treba ločeno obravnavati tudi vprašanje empatičnosti zasnove kazenskega postopka. To podkrepi s predstavitvijo mehanizmov, ki jih Kafka uporablja za namene vzbujanja absurdnosti, temačnosti in kafkovskega vzdušja. Najprej načne asimetrijo informacij med obdolžencem in državnim apa- ratom, nato vprašanje (ne)transparentnosti kazenskega postopka in nazadnje alienacije oziroma odtujevanja obdolženca od družbe. Na podlagi analize del, kot so Proces, V kazenski koloniji, O vprašanju zakonov in drugih, avtor poda predloge načel za (pre)oblikovanje kazenskega postopka, da bo ta bolj human in manj kafkovski.

The portrayal of law in literature is valuable as it can challenge the established structures in an informal way. In this article, the author, therefore, interprets various works by Franz Kafka and argues that the structure of the criminal procedure needs to be built considering empathy. He develops this idea by exa- mining mechanisms used by Kafka to create an absurd, dark and Kafkaesque setting. Hence, topics such as the information asymmetry, transparency of the legal proceedings, and alienation of the defendant are tackled. By examining works such as The Trial, In the Penal Colony and The Problem of Our Laws, the author develops the idea of an empathic legal procedure, which should be taken into account during a restructuring of the legal procedure if we want it to be more humane and less akin to Kafka’s dystopic proceedings.

Kafka and Empathy in Criminal Law: Deliberation on the Aims of Criminal Procedure