Między sprawiedliwością a praworządnością. Sąd Najwyższy II Rzeczypospolitej wobec problemu odpowiedzialności karnej na podstawie tzw. kodeksu Tagancewa za zdradę kraju popełnioną w okresie I wojny światowej
Between justice and lawfulness: The approach of the Supreme Court of the Second Polish Republic to the problem of criminal responsibility for state treason committed during the First World War based on the so-called Tagantsev Code

Summary/Abstract: The issue of criminal responsibility for the crime of state treason committed during the First World War in the territory of the former Congress Kingdom of Poland was one of the problems which the Polish judicial system faced in the first years after restoring independence in 1918. The present paper is an attempt at demonstrating that in the judicial practice concerning such cases, the Supreme Court did not actually adhere to the laws in effect. The Supreme Court interpreted those laws in an incorrect and sometimes contradictory manner in order to establish the possibility of condemning the persons who were deemed guilty of treason against Poland. In fact, the Supreme Court aimed at satisfying the social sense of justice which demanded responsibility of persons who acted against the interest of the Polish cause in the particularly difficult time of the fight for independence.

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