Problem wieloznaczności składniowej w przepisach zawierających wyliczenia wierszowe

• Authors: Zeifert, Mateusz

Abstracts

PL

The article addresses the problem of syntactic ambiguity in legal provisions containing linear enumerations (namely such where the elements of enumeration are placed next to each other, without any editorial distinction). There seem to be two types of such ambiguity. The first one stems from the ambiguity of logical relations between the elements of enumeration. This often involves considerations concerning conjunctive words (i.e. and, or). The second one stems from the ambiguity of purely syntactic relations between the elements of enumeration and the modifiers. This type is rarely properly identified by interpreters in the Polish legal practice. The article offers examples from the Polish case law and makes suggestions for legislative drafters how to avoid the described ambiguity.

Keywords

PL

ambiguity; statutory interpretation; legislative technique; conjunctive words; enumerations

• Publisher: Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
• Journal: Studia Iuridica
• Year: 2020
• Volume: 83
• Pages: 262-277

Dates

published

2021-02-17

Contributors

author

Zeifert, Mateusz

Identifiers

DOI

https://doi.org/10.31338/2544-3135.si.2020-83.18