Zakres przedmiotowy reguły in dubio pro reo, czyli o możliwości rozstrzygania na korzyść oskarżonego niedających się usunąć wątpliwości prawnych (analiza kompleksowa)
Substantive scope of the in dubio pro reo rule, i.e. the possibility of deciding in favour of the accused irresolvable legal doubts (comprehensive analysis)

Summary/Abstract: The aim of the study is to examine the question of the substantive scope of thein dubio pro reo rule, i.e. the determination of a decades-long dispute whether the order todecide irresolvable doubts in favour of the accused, as expressed in Article 5 (2) of PolishCode of Criminal Procedure, also concerns legal matters, or whether it should only beused to clarify factual doubts. This article is a first comprehensive analysis of this issue.It sets out all the arguments put forward so far for each of the opposing views, as well asa number of own arguments which have not yet been taken into account. The first part ofthe text examines, inter alia, the legal nature of the in dubio pro reo directive, in particularits relationship with the presumption of innocence. The following section examines, interalia, the impact of successive changes in criminal procedural law on solving the problemof the scope of the rule in question and compares the directive with similar rules in otherfields of law.

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