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Law of Poland

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Poland's legal system has developed continuously since the earliest centuries of Polish history, more than a thousand years ago. Both its public law and its private law are codified.

Facts
Example Jurisdictions
Poland. 2
Primary Source of Law
The Constitution of Poland as supreme law, together with the Civil Code within a codified civil law system. 2
Classification
Legal Family
Civil Law 1
Law of Poland
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In Legal Family

Entity-backed identity for the legal family value this legal-system already carries as an enum fact, resolved to a legal-system entity by an explicit value-to-entity map (phase 3 bucket conversion, docs\design_entity_backed_browse_buckets_20260928.md). The enum fact itself stays on the entity unchanged.

In Legal System

Family classification carried over from this entity's own recorded SubLabel (Civil Law Family), assigned under the section-legal-systems structure wave (ruling 761) using the CIA World Factbook / JuriGlobe comparative-law family classification (system.Atlas.DataBrief, law). This edge materializes that existing classification as a connective fact; it is not a new independent research finding.

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Source Wikidata: Aleksandra Kosiorek
Source Wikidata: Andrzej Rzepliński
Source Bohdan Winiarski (Wikipedia)
Crown Tribunal, Courts
Source Crown Tribunal (Wikipedia)
Source Wikidata: Jerzy Makarczyk
Lech Garlicki, Jurists
Source Lech Garlicki (Wikipedia)
Manfred Lachs, Jurists
Source Manfred Lachs (Wikipedia)
Source March Constitution of Poland (Wikipedia)
Source Michal Jan Rostworowski (Wikipedia)
Pacta Conventa, Codes
Source Wikipedia: Pacta conventa (Poland)
Source Wikidata: Piotr Hofmański
Source Piotr Krzystek (Wikipedia)
Source Raphael Lemkin (Wikipedia)
Romuald Hube, Jurists
Source Romuald Hube (Wikipedia)
Source Statutes of Casimir the Great (Wikipedia)
Source Underground court (Wikipedia)
Source Urszula Kierzkowska (Wikipedia)
In the Other Atlases
Sources
1. Wikipedia: Law of Poland
Poland is a civil law legal jurisdiction and has a civil codeView the Source
2. Law of Poland (Wikipedia)
WikipediaWikipedia, Law of Poland, Constitution and civil code section
Quote, Wikipedia, Law of Poland, Constitution and civil code section
The supreme law in Poland is the Constitution of Poland.
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Wikidata: Jerzy Makarczyk
Includes: Jerzy Makarczyk, Jerzy Michał Makarczyk (1938-30 July 2025) was a Polish lawyer.View the Source
Wikidata: Andrzej Rzepliński
Includes: Andrzej Rzeplinski, Andrzej Rzepliński (born 26 November 1949) is a Polish lawyer, Professor of Jurisprudence, human right expert, member of International Helsinki Federation for Human Rights, a judge of the Polish...View the Source
Wikidata: Piotr Hofmański
Includes: Piotr Hofmanski, Piotr Józef Hofmański (born 6 March 1956) is a Polish jurist who served as President of the International Criminal Court (ICC) from 2021 to 2024 and as a judge of the ICC from 2015 to 2024.View the Source
Statutes of Casimir the Great (Wikipedia)
Includes: Statutes of Casimir the Great, Lead section
Quote, Includes: Statutes of Casimir the Great, Lead section
The Statutes of Casimir the Great or Piotrków-Wiślica Statutes (Polish: Statuty wiślicko-piotrkowskie) are a collection of laws issued by Casimir III the Great, the king of Poland, in the years 1346-1362 during congresses in Piotrków and Wiślica.
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Underground court (Wikipedia)
Includes: Underground court, Lead section
Quote, Includes: Underground court, Lead section
The underground courts (Polish: Sądy podziemne) were World War II secret courts in occupied Poland, organized by the Polish government-in-exile.
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Manfred Lachs (Wikipedia)
WikipediaIncludes: Manfred Lachs, Wikipedia lead sentence
Quote, Includes: Manfred Lachs, Wikipedia lead sentence
was a Polish diplomat and jurist who served as a Jud
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Bohdan Winiarski (Wikipedia)
WikipediaIncludes: Bohdan Winiarski, Wikipedia lead sentence
Quote, Includes: Bohdan Winiarski, Wikipedia lead sentence
was a Polish politician and jurist who served as Pre
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Raphael Lemkin (Wikipedia)
WikipediaIncludes: Raphael Lemkin, Wikipedia lead sentence
Quote, Includes: Raphael Lemkin, Wikipedia lead sentence
was a Polish Jewish lawyer who is known for coining
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Romuald Hube (Wikipedia)
WikipediaIncludes: Romuald Hube, Wikipedia lead sentence
Quote, Includes: Romuald Hube, Wikipedia lead sentence
was a Polish law scholar
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Lech Garlicki (Wikipedia)
WikipediaIncludes: Lech Garlicki, Wikipedia lead sentence
Quote, Includes: Lech Garlicki, Wikipedia lead sentence
is a Polish jurist and constitutional law specialis
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Piotr Krzystek (Wikipedia)
WikipediaIncludes: Piotr Krzystek, Wikipedia lead sentence
Quote, Includes: Piotr Krzystek, Wikipedia lead sentence
is a Polish jurist and politician
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Urszula Kierzkowska (Wikipedia)
Includes: Urszula Kierzkowska, Wikipedia lead sentence
Quote, Includes: Urszula Kierzkowska, Wikipedia lead sentence
is a Polish politician and jurist
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Wikipedia: Pacta conventa (Poland)
Includes: Pacta Conventa, Wikipedia lead paragraph
Quote, Includes: Pacta Conventa, Wikipedia lead paragraph
was a contractual agreement entered into between the "Polish nation" (i.e., the szlachta (nobility) of the Pol
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Crown Tribunal (Wikipedia)
Includes: Crown Tribunal, Wikipedia lead paragraph
Quote, Includes: Crown Tribunal, Wikipedia lead paragraph
the highest appellate court in the Crown of the Kingdom of Poland for most cases. Exceptions were if a noble landow
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Wikidata: Aleksandra Kosiorek
Includes: Aleksandra Kosiorek, Wikipedia category: Polish juristsView the Source
Michal Jan Rostworowski (Wikipedia)
Includes: Michal Jan Rostworowski, Wikipedia category: Polish judges of international courts and tribunalsView the Source
March Constitution of Poland (Wikipedia)
Includes: March Constitution (Poland), Introduction
Quote, Includes: March Constitution (Poland), Introduction
The Second Polish Republic adopted the March Constitution on 17 March 1921, after ousting the occupation of the German/Prussian forces in the 1918 Greater Poland Uprising, and avoiding conquest by the Soviets in the 1920 Polish-Soviet War.
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