Selected remarks on the legal definition of the aggrieved in article 233 of the Criminal Code: material-legal and criminal procedure aspects Cover Image

Kilka uwag o ustawowej definicji pokrzywdzonego na tle art. 233 kk – zagadnienia materialnoprawne i karnoprocesowe
Selected remarks on the legal definition of the aggrieved in article 233 of the Criminal Code: material-legal and criminal procedure aspects

Author(s): Kamila Irlik
Subject(s): Law, Constitution, Jurisprudence, Criminal Law
Published by: Oficyna Wydawnicza AFM Uniwersytetu Andrzeja Frycza Modrzewskiego w Krakowie
Keywords: Criminal Code

Summary/Abstract: As defined in law, the aggrieved party is a natural or legal person whose legally protected right was directly infringed or jeopardised. Decisive for the injury is the immediacy of the legally protected right infringed or jeopardised with the offence. The status of the aggrieved party may be enjoyed also by a state, local authority, or civic institution, even when it has no legal personality. The definition of the aggrieved party is based on premises from the realm of substantive criminal law, yet it is also a procedural notion, as resulting from it are a number of procedural powers. In turn, what is protected against crime or offence stated in the definition of article 233 of the Criminal Code is the correct operation of the Polish judiciary, i.e. an extensive range of institutions that execute law and the credibility of the decisions made in the proceedings envisaged on the power of the act.

  • Issue Year: 11/2012
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 75-84
  • Page Count: 10
  • Language: Polish
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