The End of Validity of Temporary Statutes and Article 2 of the Petty Offences Code (Commentary on the Supreme Court Ruling of 9 March 2022, I KZP 12/21) Cover Image

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The End of Validity of Temporary Statutes and Article 2 of the Petty Offences Code (Commentary on the Supreme Court Ruling of 9 March 2022, I KZP 12/21)

Author(s): Kamil Ciepiela
Subject(s): Criminal Law, Court case
Published by: Polska Akademia Umiejętności / Krakowski Instytut Prawa Karnego Fundacja
Keywords: temporary (episodic) statutes; intertemporal norms; lex mitior agit principle; reasons for decriminalisation; demoralisation of society; interpretation of criminal law; judicial application of the law;

Summary/Abstract: With the commented ruling, the Supreme Court resolved the issue of the necessity of applying the lex mitior agit principle in the case of the so-called temporary (episodic) laws, in favour of the indispensability of such a solution. The author, who disapproves of this decision, shows that a different conception, i.e. the recognition of temporal (episodic) penal norms as an exception to general intertemporal principles, is more appropriate due to the specific nature of these regulations, criminal politicy considerations, the objectives of criminal law and the principles of judicial application of the law.

  • Issue Year: 28/2024
  • Issue No: 3-4
  • Page Range: 5-20
  • Page Count: 16
  • Language: Polish
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