Kunze, Eugeniusz2013-03-182013-03-181998Ruch Prawniczy, Ekonomiczny i Socjologiczny 60, 1998, z. 3-4, s. 69-740035-9629http://hdl.handle.net/10593/5449Polish penal law foresees responsibility for an attempt at forbidden act and sometimes also for preparation for such a crime. The literature is dominated with objectivist opinion that punishability of behaviour preceding a commitment is justified in case where a menace for some legal good had place. New Polish Penal Code has adopted in its article 14 a principle that a court sentences an attempt within the limits of threat o f punishment foreseen for given crime. However the standpoint of the Supreme Court is that the punishment sentenced for an attempt to commit a crime should be, as a rule, lower than for a crime committed. The Author presents a review of penal law dispositions being in force presently and concerning “a preparation for a crime” and gives his commentaries on particular sentences issued in courts in this respect.plArtykuł