Published: 2016-12-01

KRYMINALIZACJA OBRAZY UCZUĆ RELIGIJNYCH W POLSKIM PRAWIE KARNYM

Małgorzata Żukowska
Zeszyty Prawnicze
Section: Artykuły
https://doi.org/10.21697/zp.2016.16.1.08

Abstract

The Criminalisation of Insult to Religious Feelings
in Polish Criminal Law
Summary
The article discusses the criminalisation of conduct that is offensive
to another person’s religious feelings under the Polish Penal Code. The
first part presents arguments against the recognition of such behaviour
as an offence. The next part gives arguments showing that it must be
treated as an offence. The author discusses offences against freedom
of conscience and religion from the perspective of the principle of the
secular state and its neutrality on worldview. The article also refers to
grounds for the criminalisation of conduct which is offensive to another
person’s religious feelings, the offence defined in Article 196 of the Polish Criminal Code, in the light of freedom of speech. The construction
of Article 196 is analysed from the point of view of comparative law
and compared to other European legal systems.

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Żukowska, M. (2016). KRYMINALIZACJA OBRAZY UCZUĆ RELIGIJNYCH W POLSKIM PRAWIE KARNYM. Zeszyty Prawnicze, 16(1), 201–217. https://doi.org/10.21697/zp.2016.16.1.08

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