Korupcja wyborcza w świetle ustaw municypalnych antycznego Rzymu na tle rozwiązań normatywnych w polskim systemie prawnym.
Electoral Corruption in the light of municipal laws of ancient Rome on the background of normative solutions in the Polish legal system.

Summary/Abstract: Corruption is a phenomenon that has already occurred in the end of the Roman Republic. The former legislator has introduced regulations limiting the possibility of buying electoral votes by a ban on organizing public feasts and the distribution of gifts. In addition, it was penalized to make promises to release somebody from public burdens, such as the obligation to perform certain public works. In the Polish legal system there are also regulations penalizing electoral corruption. The basic legal acts are Penal Code and the Electoral Law to the municipal councils, district councils and regional assemblies. This article presents cases of electoral corruption in the light of the Code regulations.

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