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Kreowanie „groźnych, niebezpiecznych i złych”
Creating the dangerous and the bad

Author(s): Monika Płatek
Subject(s): Criminal Law
Published by: Instytut Nauk Prawnych PAN
Keywords: ‘Law against beasts’;‘Gostynin’;dehumanisation;

Summary/Abstract: This text analyses the effects of the demeaning construction of ‘beasts’ in the process of creating the Law of 22 November 2013 on dealing with psychotic persons endangering other people’s life, health, or sexual freedom – colloquially known as the ‘law against beasts’. The text analyses how such a label influences human, social, and legal relationships, and how it affects the implementation of constitutional, criminal, and civil law. It also confronts problems arising from the implementation of such laws.

  • Issue Year: 1/2019
  • Issue No: XLI
  • Page Range: 125-217
  • Page Count: 93
  • Language: Polish
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