Michał Brzeziński, „The Issue of Terrorism in Poland’s State Emergency Regulations”, Studia Politologiczne vol. 38

This article concerns terrorism and Polish state of emergency regulations. The goal of the article is to examine the definition of terrorism threats in the Polish Constitution ratified April 2, 1997 and in the Act dated 18 April 2002 on the State of Natural Disaster, Act dated 21 June 2002 on the State of Exception and Act dated 29 August 2002 on Martial Law. The entirety focuses on the foundations for declaration the above states of emergency. In addition to those states of emergency, it references emergency measures. The article analyzes whether terrorist activities comply with the foundations for invoking and the utility of emergency measures in combating terrorist threats.