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Unintentionality in Polish Criminal Law
Unintentionality in Polish Criminal Law

Author(s): Magdalena Kowalewska-Łukuć
Subject(s): Law, Constitution, Jurisprudence, Criminal Law
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego
Keywords: unintentionality; conscious unintentionality; unconscious unintentionality; subjective side

Summary/Abstract: Unintentionality is still a relevant research problem in Polish criminal law. This article is a modest attempt to answer the key questions of unintentionality, i.e. how the volitional and cognitive element is shaped in each form of unintentionality; whether unconscious unintentionality has such elements at all, or whether it is a facade of the subjective side and leads, in fact, to objective responsibility; how to correctly draw the line between conscious and unconscious unintentionality, and what the boundary between unintentionality and intentionality in general looks like.

  • Issue Year: 2024
  • Issue No: 109
  • Page Range: 43-55
  • Page Count: 13
  • Language: English
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