Suggestions for Changes in the Polish Penal Code in the Context of Current Role of Private Property (Ownership) and Meaning of the Constitutional Principle of Protection of Property Rights Cover Image

Propozycje zmian w polskim kodeksie karnym w kontekście współczesnej roli własności prywatnej i znaczenia konstytucyjnej zasady ochrony prawa własności
Suggestions for Changes in the Polish Penal Code in the Context of Current Role of Private Property (Ownership) and Meaning of the Constitutional Principle of Protection of Property Rights

Author(s): Adam Banaszkiewicz
Subject(s): Criminal Law
Published by: Wydawnictwo Naukowe Uniwersytetu Szczecińskiego
Keywords: ownership; the constitutional principle of protection of property; the Penal Code; forfeiture of things

Summary/Abstract: The article is to remind you of a particular economic and social importance of ownership and property rights. The main point are the changes, which provided for the introduction of the Polish Penal Code and other associated laws amendment dated May 23, 2016 year (at the time of publication of the article already implemented - in modified form). It has opened the way for the confiscation of property companies that are not perpetrators of the crime and sentenced for the commission of, as well as the property is not associated with criminal activities and perpetrators did not constitute benefits from such activities. The first were reminded reasons, due to which ownership and especially private property should be covered by special protection, then the presented specific provisions of the Polish Constitution of 2 April 1997, which are to ensure that the ownership fulfills its role. At the end refers to the changes in the Polish criminal legislation, commenting on them in the context of the issues discussed earlier.

  • Issue Year: 2017
  • Issue No: 20 (4)
  • Page Range: 31-53
  • Page Count: 23
  • Language: Polish
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