Usprawiedliwiony błąd co do znamion czynu zabronionego – próba oceny zasadności nowelizacji z dnia 20 lutego 2015 roku
A justified mistake of fact – an attempt to assess the purposefulness of amendments of 20th February 2015

Summary/Abstract: One of the institutions, which underwent some significant changes as a result of the act amending The Criminal Code of 20th February 2015, is a mistake of fact under the Article 28 (1) of the Criminal Code. This institution is related to such basic issues of The Criminal Code as fault and a subject party. On the one hand, it standardises exclusion from criminal liability but on the other hand it entails certain doubts with regards to the amended law. It is questioned whether the amendment was actually necessary. As many theoreticians indicate, the consequences of the implementation of this regulation basically remain the same as in the case of the previous one. This amendment is perceived as a meaningless change only connected to its form. What is more, there is a new element added to the institution of a mistake of fact, namely justification. However, this element is not a novelty in the Criminal Code. The aim of this work is to assess the amendment and its purposefulness.

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