MP’s formal immunity in parliamentary discussions
(as exemplified by Print No. 433/VI term) Cover Image

Poselski immunitet formalny w dyskusjach parlamentarnych (na przykładzie Druku nr 433/VI kad.)
MP’s formal immunity in parliamentary discussions (as exemplified by Print No. 433/VI term)

Author(s): Łukasz Buczkowski
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences
Published by: Wydział Nauk Politycznych i Studiów Międzynarodowych UW
Keywords: formal immunity; material immunity; parliamentary immunity; draft constitutional amendment

Summary/Abstract: The construct of parliamentary formal immunity has so far been the subject offive bills amending the Constitution of the Republic of Poland, provoking discussion onthe desirability of maintaining the immunity in the Polish political system. The purpose236 STUDIA I ANALIZY / SP Vol. 59ŁUKASZ BUCZKOWSKIof this study is to present the basic hypotheses of the changes proposed in this area and toanalyze the arguments raised for and against the continued validity of Art. 105 section 3of the Polish Constitution in its current wording. To illustrate the course of parliamentarywork on limiting the protection of the MPs, a representative example, accumulating classicelements of discussions on the legitimacy of changes in the formal approach to parliamentaryimmunity, was used as a study of the legislative process accompanying print No. 433/VI cad.

  • Issue Year: 59/2021
  • Issue No: 59
  • Page Range: 235 - 251
  • Page Count: 17
  • Language: Polish