KARA ZA PRZESTĘPSTWA POPEŁNIONE W FORMACH STADIALNYCH

Abstract

Polish penal law foresees responsibility for an attempt at forbidden act and sometimes also for preparation for such a crime. The literature is dominated with objectivist opinion that punishability of behaviour preceding a commitment is justified in case where a menace for some legal good had place. New Polish Penal Code has adopted in its article 14 a principle that a court sentences an attempt within the limits of threat o f punishment foreseen for given crime. However the standpoint of the Supreme Court is that the punishment sentenced for an attempt to commit a crime should be, as a rule, lower than for a crime committed. The Author presents a review of penal law dispositions being in force presently and concerning “a preparation for a crime” and gives his commentaries on particular sentences issued in courts in this respect.