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ThePolish law orlegal system inPoland has been developing since thefirst centuries of Polish history, over 1,000 years ago. Thepublic andprivate laws of Poland arecodified.

The supreme law in Poland is theConstitution of Poland. Poland is acivil law legal jurisdiction and has acivil code, theCivil Code of Poland. The Polish parliament creates legislation (law) and is made up of theSenat (upper house) and theSejm (lower house).

Polish public and private laws are divided into various areas, including, for example:

• civil law (prawo cywilne), much of which is contained in thePolish Civil Code
• commercial law (prawo handlowe) notably thePolish Code of Commercial Partnerships and Companies
• copyright law (prawo autorskie), seecopyright law in Poland for details
• administrative law (prawo administracyjne)
• constitutional law (prawo konstytucyjne)
• private international law (prawo prywatne międzynarodowe)
• tax laws (prawo podatkowe)
• criminal law (prawo karne)
• family law (prawo rodzinne)
• labour law (prawo pracy)
• water law (prawo wodne)
• media law (prawo prasowe)
• Traffic code (prawo o ruchu drogowym)
• Geology and Mining law (Prawo geologiczne i górnicze).

New Polish law is published inDziennik Ustaw andMonitor Polski (seepromulgation).

Law in Poland is administered by thejudiciary of Poland and enforced by thelaw enforcement in Poland.

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• List of law faculties in Poland

• Principles of Polish company law

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