The Polish law, or legal system in Poland. has been developing since the first centuries of Polish history, over a 1000 years ago. The public and private laws of Poland are codified. The supreme law in Poland is the Constitution of Poland. Poland is a civil law legal jurisdiction and has a civil code, the Civil Code of Poland.

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

• civil law (prawo cywilne), much of which is contained in the Polish Civil Code
• commercial law, notably the Polish Commercial Code
• company and partnership laws,
• tax laws
• criminal law (prawo karne)
• family law (prawo rodzinne)
• administrative law (prawo administracyjne)
• water law (prawo wodne)
• trade law (prawo handlowe)
• copyright law (prawo autorskie)
• media law (prawo prasowe)

References

Polish law

Polskie prawo