Original research article
Studia Iuridica

The reign of criminal law over business activity – the problem of overregulation and inconsistency

2024, 104, No. 1

Szymon Pawelec

0000-0001-7166-9180

Uniwersytet Warszawski, Wydział Prawa i Administracji, Katedra Postępowania Karnego

University of Warsaw, Faculty of Law and Administration, Department of International Criminal Procedure

DOI

10.31338/2544-3135.si.2025-104.8

Publication date

01.02.2025

Publishing model

open access

License type

CC BY 4.0 Int.

Field

Social sciences

Discipline

law

Language of publication

Polish, English

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Abstract

The present work is devoted to selected issues concerning respect for the rule of law in the sphere of regulation of economic activity through substantive and procedural criminal law and the increasing level of interference of penal solutions in this field. Remarks of a general nature concerning the requirements of systemic coherence and non-contradiction with fundamental guarantee requirements, primarily relating to the principle of the right to defence and its derivatives, are combined with a presentation of the issue of using the results of internal investigations for the purposes of criminal cases. This relatively new construction which is gaining international popularity provides vivid examples of how new instruments used for the purpose of combating economic crime can undermine the fundamental protective rules of the criminal process.

Keywords:

rule of law,criminal law,criminal proceedings,corporate criminal liability,inter- nal investigations

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