NEW OFFENCES OF USURY (ARTICLE 304 § 2 AND 3 OF THE POLISH PENAL CODE) IN THE PERSPECTIVE OF THE GUARANTEE FUNCTION OF CRIMINAL LAW Cover Image

NOWE WYSTĘPKI LICHWY (ART. 304 § 2 I 3 K.K.) W PERSPEKTYWIE FUNKCJI GWARANCYJNEJ PRAWA KARNEGO
NEW OFFENCES OF USURY (ARTICLE 304 § 2 AND 3 OF THE POLISH PENAL CODE) IN THE PERSPECTIVE OF THE GUARANTEE FUNCTION OF CRIMINAL LAW

Author(s): Magdalena Błaszczyk
Subject(s): Criminal Law, Penal Policy
Published by: Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
Keywords: usury; new types of offences; guarantee standards; quality test; necessity test;

Summary/Abstract: The paper offers an analysis of new provisions of Article 304 § 2 and 3 of the Polish Penal Code, which define two specific types of the offence of usury. These provisions are intended to protect consumers against excessive financial burden – the interest (§ 3) and non-interest costs (§ 2) – included in the loan they incur. The author examines them critically, taking as a point of reference the guarantee standards of criminal liability resulting from the Constitution. The author performs a “quality control”, which amounts to a dogmatic analysis of the statutory features of new usury offences, which means a kind of quality control of their definitions and verification of the necessity to cover the described behaviours by the sanctioning norms.

  • Issue Year: 2021
  • Issue No: 87
  • Page Range: 22-41
  • Page Count: 20
  • Language: Polish
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