Liability for refusal of service (Article 138 of the Polish Code of Contraventions) in the perspective of collision of constitutional principles. Cover Image

Odpowiedzialność za odmowę świadczenia usługi (art. 138 Kodeksu wykroczeń) na tle kolizji zasad konstytucyjnych.
Liability for refusal of service (Article 138 of the Polish Code of Contraventions) in the perspective of collision of constitutional principles.

Considerations based on the printer’s case from Łódź about the connections between criminal law and constitutional law

Author(s): Mikołaj Iwański
Subject(s): Law, Constitution, Jurisprudence, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law, Court case
Published by: Polska Akademia Umiejętności / Krakowski Instytut Prawa Karnego Fundacja
Keywords: discrimination; contravention; refusal of service; proconstitutional interptretation;

Summary/Abstract: The paper concerns the controversial issue of criminal liability for refusal of service that is stated in Article 138 of the Polish Code of Contraventions. Presented problem constitutes an interesting case of diffusion of constitutional axiology and conflicts of values to the ground of criminal law. The author answers the question how such conflicts should be resolved in a democratic state.

  • Issue Year: 23/2019
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 7-58
  • Page Count: 52
  • Language: Polish