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<p>The subject of the article are the regulations concerning the escape of a person legally deprived of liberty, that are in force in countries with a Germanic legal tradition. The analysis of German, Swiss, Austrian and the Principality of Liechtenstein’s law is conducted against a background of Polish solutions. The aim of the study is to present similarities and differences between the solutions adopted in particular German-speaking countries, as well as between these solutions and the regulations contained in the Polish Penal code.</p>
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The subject of the article are the regulations concerning the escape of a person legally deprived of liberty, that are in force in countries with a Germanic legal tradition. The analysis of German, Swiss, Austrian and the Principality of Liechtenstein’s law is conducted against a background of Polish solutions. The aim of the study is to present similarities and differences between the solutions adopted in particular German-speaking countries, as well as between these solutions and the regulations contained in the Polish Penal code.

Criminal Liability for (Self)-Liberation of a Person Legally Deprived of Liberty Under German, Swiss, Austrian and the Principality of Liechtenstein’s Law

Maria Curie-Skłodowska University in Lublin

Ius Novum

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The subject of the article are the regulations concerning the escape of a person legally deprived of liberty, that are in force in countries with a Germanic...

Criminal Liability for (Self)-Liberation of a Person Legally Deprived of Liberty Under German, Swiss, Austrian and the Principality of Liechtenstein’s Law

Published Online: May 03, 2023

Page range: 39 - 51

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/in-2023-0003

Keywords
offence of liberation (and self-liberation) of a person deprived of liberty, offence of facilitating escape of a person deprived of liberty, offence of instigating to escape

© 2023 Lazarski University, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.

Criminal Liability for (Self)-Liberation of a Person Legally Deprived of Liberty Under German, Swiss, Austrian and the Principality of Liechtenstein’s Law

Published Online: May 03, 2023

Page range: 39 - 51

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/in-2023-0003

Keywordsoffence of liberation (and self-liberation) of a person deprived of liberty, offence of facilitating escape of a person deprived of liberty, offence of instigating to escape

© 2023 Lazarski University, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.

Keywords
offence of liberation (and self-liberation) of a person deprived of liberty, offence of facilitating escape of a person deprived of liberty, offence of instigating to escape