ANALIZA USTAWOWYCH ZNAMION PRZESTĘPSTWA Z PUNKTU WIDZENIA SPOSOBU ICH DOWODZENIA W PROCESIE KARNYM. WYBRANE PRZYKŁADY

Abstract

The problem of criminal evidence is a very important factor of the establishment of the elements of a crime from the point of view of a criminalstatute’s conformity with the rule of law. For the criminal court the elements of crime in the criminal statute show what should be proven for the sentencing judgment to be passed in a given case. For the defendant accused of committing a of crime it shows the possibility of defence. The accused person may prove that some elements of the crime are not met in his or her case. A too broad description of the elements of a crime allows for a considerable degree of freedom in the attribution of perpetration of a crime. In this sense criminalisation before the social harmfulness of the act is realised may be less dangerous for the legal order than an overly broad description of the crime.