THE CONCEPT OF SELF-DEFENSE IN AMERICAN AND POLISH LEGAL SYSTEMS – A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS

• Authors: Katarzyna Ginszt , Jakub Ginszt

Title variants

PL

THE CONCEPT OF SELF-DEFENSE IN AMERICAN AND POLISH LEGAL SYSTEMS – A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS

• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

PL

The article is devoted to the issue of self-defense in Polish and American law . Currently, there are attempts to widen the scope of necessary self-protection in Polish legislation and to implement provisions which allow for using greater degree of force by a person attacked at home . The justification of the draft refers to the American law which is more developed in the context of the defense of habitation . Thus, the article provides an analysis of existing legal solutions in American criminal law concerning e .g . the legal definition of self-defense, the use of deadly force, the duty to retreat, the castle doctrine and the provisions which expand this doctrine in comparison with the parallel legal solutions existing in Poland .

Keywords

EN

self-defense; deadly force; duty to retreat; castle doctrine; defense of habitation

• Publisher: Katolicki Uniwersytet Lubelski Jana Pawła II
• Journal: Review of European and Comparative Law
• Year: 2017
• Volume: 29
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 85-104

Dates

published

2017-06-30

Contributors

author

Katarzyna Ginszt

author

Jakub Ginszt

Identifiers

DOI

10.31743/recl.4269