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英国上议院享有刑事上诉管辖权,是英国刑事诉讼的组成部分,受理上诉法院刑事分院和高等法院王座分庭以及军事法院的刑事上诉案件,其裁决是终局性的,具有最高的法律效力,在英国的刑事诉讼中发挥着重要的作用并对英国法的发展产生了一定的影响。同时,上议院的刑事上诉管辖权也招致了很多的批评,甚至有人呼吁废除上议院的刑事上诉管辖权。2005年3月21日英国议会通过了《宪政改革法》,3月24日得到国王的批准。根据该法,英国设最高法院取代上议院的司法职能。上议院的刑事上诉管辖权成为历史,英国刑事诉讼上诉程序形成以最高法院为终审机构的新格局。
The British House of Lords has jurisdiction over criminal appeals and is part of British criminal lawsuits. It accepts the criminal appeals of the Criminal Courts of the Appeal Court, the High Court, the Throne Chamber and the Military Court. Its ruling is final and has the highest legal effect. Britain’s criminal proceedings play an important role and have a certain impact on the development of the British law. At the same time, the criminal appellate jurisdiction of the House of Lords has also caused a lot of criticism. Some even called for the abolition of the criminal appeal jurisdiction of the Lords. On March 21, 2005, the British Parliament passed the Constitutional Reform Act and was approved by the king on March 24. According to the law, the United Kingdom supplanted the Supreme Court to replace the judicial function of the House of Lords. The criminal appellate jurisdiction of the House of Lords has become history, and the appeals process in the United Kingdom has formed a new pattern with the Supreme Court as its final adjudication body.