O polityzacji i depolityzacji terroryzmu w polskim prawie karnym
On the Politicization and Depoliticization of Terrorism in Polish Criminal Law

Summary/Abstract: The study attempts to present the normative nature of a terrorist crime in the domestic criminal law system. It shows the genesis and evolution of this concept in subsequent penal codifications— from the Makarewicz Code, through the Penal Code of 1969, to the current codification of 1997. The motivational layer of terrorist attacks is analyzed. It is noted that such actions, historically and traditionally, have been associated with the pursuit of specific political goals. The article attempts to show how the legislator’s approach to the essence of terrorist actions has changed in the context of subsequent penal codifications in terms of motivation and how the path from politicization of this concept to making it a strictly criminal construction ran.

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