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The role of proportionality in process of judging for collective entities

Author(s): Dorota Habrat
Subject(s): Law, Constitution, Jurisprudence
Published by: Łódzkie Towarzystwo Naukowe

Summary/Abstract: Setting the role of proportionality for punishing process of collective entities according to the acts prohibited under punishment act is major issue because of assignment of the type of liability and consequently legal guarantees. In principal, the article is attempt to answer for question how the legislature has met the requirements of the proportionality principle in relation to the process of punishment judging for collective entity. In the article, concepts of proportionality in terms of administrative and criminal law, the basis and main assumptions of proportionality rule and its reference to punishment a theory are presented. In the area of fine jurisdiction, limitations in the use of proportionality principle for collective entities taking account criminal justice are presented. Conclusions about the proportionality principle in fine judgment for collective entity referred to the Constitutional Court’s judgment of 3 November 2004, with the part of act where is the conflict between the judgment of fines with the Constitution. Due to the fact, that the substantive approach to the proportionality principle in criminal law is related to the adequacy of the penalty to the degree of guilt issues of collective ability to assign guilt were discussed in the article.

  • Issue Year: 2012
  • Issue No: 86
  • Page Range: 49-66
  • Page Count: 18
  • Language: Polish