Published: 2019-10-09

Analysis of the Offence Defined in Article 151 of the Polish Criminal Code

Łukasz Rosiak
Zeszyty Prawnicze
Section: Artykuły
https://doi.org/10.21697/zp.2019.19.3.05

Abstract

This article describes the history of the penalisation of persuasion or assistance in suicide in various legal systems including the Polish penal codes. This crime was listed in the 1932 Criminal Code, the 1969 Criminal Code, and the 1997 Criminal Code. Currently the maximum penalty for this offence in terms of duration is the same as in the 1932 and 1969 Criminal Codes. Penalties should always be applied as a last resort, but in the case of a legally protected good as important as human life, it seems the criminal liability of offenders should be a punishment they will recognise as adequately severe with respect to the offence.

Keywords:

suicide, persuading someone to commit suicide, helping someone to commit suicide, penalisation, penalty.

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Rosiak, Łukasz. (2019). Analysis of the Offence Defined in Article 151 of the Polish Criminal Code. Zeszyty Prawnicze, 19(3), 115–130. https://doi.org/10.21697/zp.2019.19.3.05

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