Publication details

Freedom of Will as a Prerequisite for Criminal Liability: Humans and Artificial Intelligence in a Czech Criminal Law Perspective

Authors

FENYK Jaroslav

Year of publication 2026
Type Article in Periodical
Magazine / Source Ius Novum
MU Faculty or unit

Faculty of Law

Citation
web https://iusnovum.lazarski.pl/iusnovum/en/article/view/2324/1606
Doi https://doi.org/10.2478/in-2026-0001
Keywords artificial inteligence; criminal liability; consiousnes; will;
Description The basic element of criminal liability of natural persons is the subjective relationship of the perpetrator to the criminal outcome, both at the level of guilt and as part of the controlling component of sanity. Artificial intelligence does not yet meet the requirement for this subjective relationship, because it does not contain the element of will and consciousness.

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