Помилването по българското наказателно право и в практиката на държавния глава

"Pardon under Bulgarian Criminal Law and in the Practice of the Head of State". The study offers the first ever systematic analysis of pardon practices in Bulgaria since 1945. It proposes a system of rules about how to determine the applicability and the appropriate type of pardon, how to distinguish it from other legal institutes, and how to choose the fairest of all possible decisions in complex and unusual situations. The author provides insights about the overall impact of the legal system on sentenced persons and encourages readers to think about the meaning of punishment and correction by considering cases of concrete individuals and specific judicial processes.