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Niedopuszczalność abolicji indywidualnej w polskim porządku prawnym
Inadmissibility of ‘Individual Abolition’ in the Polish Legal System

Author(s): HUBERT WOELKE
Subject(s): Constitutional Law, Criminal Law
Published by: Uniwersytet Adama Mickiewicza
Keywords: clemency; instrumentalization of the law; the Constitution of the Republic of Poland; President of the Republic of Poland;

Summary/Abstract: The purpose of this study is to explore the essence of the institution of clemency in the current Polishlegal order, determine its place in the legal system, and examine its construction and purposes. The considerationsoutlined above are related to a specific, highly significant case of the use of the presidential pardon, which sparkedenormous controversy. Special attention is given to examining the correctness of such an action from the legalperspective. As the consequences of using a pardon in this manner are particularly linked to the phenomenonof the instrumentalization of the law, the issue is also analysed from this point of view.

  • Issue Year: 2024
  • Issue No: 14
  • Page Range: 171-182
  • Page Count: 12
  • Language: Polish
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