Legal history of Poland

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The legal history of Poland encompasses the evolution of its laws and institutions from medieval customary codes and the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth’s unique noble democracy, through partitions and communist rule, to the modern democratic legal system within the European Union.

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instanceOf history of Poland
legal history
country Poland
earlyLawBasedOn Slavic customary law
earlyLawInfluencedBy German town law
Magdeburg rights
surface form: Magdeburg law

canon law
governedBy civil law legal tradition
hasPeriod Polish People’s Republic period
Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth period
Second Polish Republic period
Third Polish Republic period
World War II occupation
surface form: World War II occupation period

medieval period
partition period
post‑2004 European Union membership period
includesConcept Golden Liberty
codification of civil law
elective monarchy
liberum veto
noble democracy
serfdom
includesEvent Partitions of Poland
accession of Poland to the European Union in 2004
codification of the Polish civil code of 1964
judicial reforms after 1989
includesInstitution Constitutional Tribunal of Poland
Crown Tribunal
Lithuanian Tribunal
National Council of the Judiciary of Poland
Noble courts
Royal courts
Sejm of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
Senate of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
Supreme Court of Poland
sejmik województwa (regional assembly)
surface form: sejmik
includesLegalAct April Constitution of 1935
Polish–Lithuanian Constitution of 3 May 1791
surface form: Constitution of 3 May 1791

Constitution of the Polish People's Republic of 1952
surface form: Constitution of the Polish People’s Republic of 1952

Constitution of the Republic of Poland of 1997
Henrician Articles
March Constitution of 1921
Nihil novi (1505)
surface form: Nihil novi act of 1505

Pacta conventa
Small Constitution of 1947
Small Constitution of 1992
influencedBy Austrian law
EU acquis communautaire
surface form: European Union law

French civil law tradition
German law
Roman law
Russian law
Soviet law
modernSystemIncludes administrative law of Poland
civil law of Poland
commercial law of Poland
constitutional law of Poland
criminal law of Poland
family law of Poland
labour law of Poland

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Warsaw Confederation (1573) guaranteeing religious freedoms category Legal history of Poland
subject surface form: Warsaw Confederation (1573)