The assertion that in order to decrease the number of crimes, one must tighten the punishments is false for two reasons.
The latest amendment to Polish Penal Code is based on the philosophy if retaliation, lex talionis or an ‘eye for the eye’ principle, which have been applied in Europe in the 19th century. It is worth mentioning that then pickpockets came to rob viewers who were watching public applying of the punishment of cutting the hands of the other thieves.
The authors of the amendm...
This legal opinion applies to the assessment of compliance of the procedure of appointing judges to the Supreme Court with the Constitution of the Republic of Poland of 2 April 1997 [hereinafter: Constitution]. The starting point of the analyses conducted in this opinion is Article 179 of the Constitution, according to which judges are appointed for an indefinite term of office by the President of the Republic of Poland on the motion of the National Council of the Judiciary (NCJ). This formula u...