Exclusion of criminal liability of sports participants for sport injuries

Abstract

This paper deals with one of the criminal law problems, which is criminal liability of sports participants for injuries occuring during the practice of a sport. This article aims to provide a brief summarization of the most important conception explaining this problem in Polish law – sport risk as a circumstance excluding criminal liability. The research is supported by the analysis of Polish literature. There are also some empirical examples involved.

Keywords

• sport injuries
• criminal law
• sport risk
• exclusion of criminal liability
• wypadek sportowy
• prawo karne
• ryzyko sportowe
• wyłączenie bezprawności kryminalnej