The penalty of imprisonment in the protocols of the criminal division of the Codification Commission of the Second Polish Republic and in the Criminal Code of 1932 Cover Image

Kara pozbawienia wolności w protokołach Wydziału Karnego Komisji Kodyfikacyjnej II RP oraz w kodeksie karnym z 1932 r.
The penalty of imprisonment in the protocols of the criminal division of the Codification Commission of the Second Polish Republic and in the Criminal Code of 1932

Author(s): Małgorzata Trybus
Subject(s): History of Law, Criminal Law, Interwar Period (1920 - 1939)
Published by: Uniwersytet Adama Mickiewicza
Keywords: criminal code; Codification Commission; imprisonment; Makarewicz Criminal Code;

Summary/Abstract: The catalogue of basic punishments in the 1932 Criminal Code included two types ofimprisonment, i.e. prison and jail. The main purpose of prisons was to rehabilitate offenders.A particular variant of this punishment was life imprisonment. On the other hand, the jailwas considered a punishment of relative isolation which was coercive and preventive innature. It was also treated as a surrogate for non-degrading penalty of imprisonment. Thepurpose of the paper is also to portray the deliberations of the Codification Commission ofthe Second Polish Republic, its Criminal Division (Substantive Law), concerning the indicatedforms of criminal reactions to a crime as well as to present these punishments in light of theprovisions of the Makarewicz Criminal Code.

  • Issue Year: 75/2023
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 89-102
  • Page Count: 14
  • Language: Polish