The notion of sanity in the criminal law of the Church Cover Image

Pojęcie poczytalności w prawie karnym Kościoła
The notion of sanity in the criminal law of the Church

Author(s): Grzegorz Leszczyński
Subject(s): Christian Theology and Religion, Civil Law, Cognitive Psychology, Psychoanalysis, Canon Law / Church Law, Sociology of Religion
Published by: Wyższe Seminarium Duchowne w Łodzi
Keywords: Crime; criminal law; Church; sanity;

Summary/Abstract: Imputability being a subjective element of the crime is defined as the quality of the human act, for which the person who performs it can be declared free and responsible author of their actions. The legal imputability assumes the existence of the human and also moral. The sources of imputability are fraud and guilt. It is bound to the established by a law or a precept, who deliberately violated the law or precept. This means that although the sources of imputability are two, the law in force requires imputability for fraud to incur the penalty, and does not consider imputability to be sufficient, unless it is provided for by law. It is important to underline that in the penal law of the Church, placed the external violation, imputability is presumed, unless it proves otherwise.

  • Issue Year: 12/2003
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 103-117
  • Page Count: 15
  • Language: Polish