Introduction to Polish Law 1300-OG-IPL-KPP

I. Constitutional law and Polish legal system (8 hrs)
1. Historical Polish constitutions
2. The new Constitution of the Republic of Poland 1997
a) structure of the Constitution
b) sovereignty
c) republican mode of government
d) unitary state
e) subsidiarity
f) direct democracy and representativenessv
g) political pluralism
3. Constitutional system of sources of law
a) constitution
b) statutes
c) ratified international agreements
d) regulations
e) acts of local law
f) referendum and local referendum
4. Legal professions in Poland
I. Introduction to Polish civil law (8 hrs)
2. Law of persons and legal acts
a) natural and legal persons
b) personal interests protection
c) Form of legal acts
d) Defects of legal acts
e) contract formation under PCC
f) Limitation of claims
g) representation
3. Property law
a) Ownership and co-ownership
c) acquisition and protection of ownership
d) perpetual usufruct
e) limited proprietary rights
4. Law of Obligations
a) Sources, creditor and debtor
b) Joint and several laibility
c) freedom of contracts
d) law of damages (damage, casual link, contractual liability regime, tort liability regime, compensation)
III. Criminal Law (4 hrs)
1. rules of criminal responsibility
2. penalties
3. most important institutions of criminal law

Total student workload

Contact hours with teacher: np. - participation in lectures 20 hrs - consultations- 6 hrs Self-study hours: - preparation for active participation in the lecture (discussion, solving tasks given by the tutor as homework, reading literature pointed by the lecturer, comparing and contrasting Polish institutions of constitutional law, legal system and civil as well as criminal law versus institutions valid in students' countries of origin,) – 40 hrs - preparation before exam (familiarizing with materials delivered by the lecturer (power point/prezi presentations), as well as literature; analysis of provisions of Polish Constitution, Polish Civil Code and Criminal Code) – 84 hrs Altogether: 150 hrs (6.00 points ECTS)

Learning outcomes - knowledge

Student: W1: has knowledge about basic institutions of criminal law W2: knows subjects of civil law and rules on establishing legal relations between them W3: knows basics of Polish constitutional law and characterizes legal professions in Poland

Learning outcomes - skills

Student: U1: has the ability to use legal norms in order to solve specific problems U2: can present in English his personal opinion on specific problems of constitutional, civil and criminal law

Learning outcomes - social competencies

Student: K1: understands the need to broaden his knowledge and abilities in the field of comparative law K2: shows creativity in drawing comparisons between Polish and other legal systems

Teaching methods

Main method is conventional lecture, often with element of discussion. Tutor encourages discussion over problematic issues, commenting and correcting flow of a debate. Students are asked to present legal solutions from their respective countries to add a comparative aspect. Power point presentations are used. Also, case study and solving tasks is involved

Prerequisites

Knowledge of English language sufficient enough to read and communicate on intermediate level

Course coordinators

Term 2025/26Z:

Janusz Bojarski
Karol Dobrzeniecki
Jagoda Jaskulska
Michał Marszelewski

Term 2022/23Z:

Janusz Bojarski
Karol Dobrzeniecki
Michał Ziemiak

Term 2023/24Z:

Janusz Bojarski
Karol Dobrzeniecki
Michał Ziemiak

Term 2024/25Z:

Janusz Bojarski
Karol Dobrzeniecki
Jagoda Jaskulska
Michał Marszelewski

Assessment criteria

Students will be graded on basis of their results at the compulsory test
(single choice test, i.e. with one correct answer): W1, W2, W3, U1, U2, K1, K2.
Scale of grading:
fail- 20 pts or less (50% or less)
satisfactory- 11 pts (55%)
satisfactory plus- 13 pts (65%)
good - 15 pts (75%)
good plus- 17 pts (85%)
very good- 19 pts (95%)

Practical placement

not applicable

Additional information

Additional information (registration calendar, class conductors, localization and schedules of classes), might be available in the USOSweb system:

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