Historical and Legal Conditions of the Crime of Espionage in Poland in the Twentieth Century Cover Image

Historyczne i prawne uwarunkowania przestępstwa szpiegostwa w Polsce w XX wieku
Historical and Legal Conditions of the Crime of Espionage in Poland in the Twentieth Century

Author(s): Tomasz Kuczur
Subject(s): Criminal Law, Recent History (1900 till today), Security and defense, Criminology, Penal Policy
Published by: Instytut Historii im. Tadeusza Manteuffla Polskiej Akademii Nauk
Keywords: crimes against state; espionage; high treason; state security;

Summary/Abstract: In the historical perspective, the conditions related to the forming relationship between the political and constitutional systems and the shape of criminal law solutions in the field of espionage are, to some extent, immanently interrelated. In consequence, depending on the shape of political system, and historic political conditions, the criminal law in the area of penalisation of espionage and acts related to espionage was either used instrumentally by the organs of public administration to achieve specific political goals, or was to play the role for the external security of the state.

  • Issue Year: 52/2020
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 301-331
  • Page Count: 31
  • Language: Polish