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Republic of Poland / Rzeczpospolita Polska

Constitution | Executive | Judicial | Legislative | Legal Guides | General Sources

Constitution

  • Konstytucja Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej (Sejm) in Polish, English, French, German, and Russian
  • International Constitutional Law: Poland (Universität Bern Institut für Öffentliches Recht) offers English translation and Background Note
  • Constitution Finder: Poland (University of Richmond T.C. Williams School of Law) in English

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Executive

  • PRESIDENT: Prezydent Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej
  • PRIME MINISTER: Kancelaria Prezesa Rady Ministrow

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Judicial

  • Sad Najwyzszy [Supreme Court]
  • Trybunal Konstytucyjny [Constitutional Tribunal]

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Legislative

  • OFFICIAL GAZETTE: Monitor Polski: Dziennik Urzedowy Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej Ludowej
  • SESSION LAWS: Dziennik Ustaw
  • PARLIAMENT: Consists of the Sejm and Senat
  • Polish Law Selected laws; criminal, customs, tax, notaries
  • NATLEX: Poland (International Labour Organization) database of national laws on labor, social security and related human rights
  • World Directory of Parliamentary Libraries: Poland (German Bundestag)

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Legal Guides

  • GUIDE: Multinational Reference (Law Library of Congress)
  • Multinational Collections Database: Poland (Law Library of Congress) provides bibliographic information on materials in our reference collection
  • EECR: Poland (East European Constitutional Review)
  • FindLaw: Poland
  • ForIntLaw: Poland (Washburn University Law Library)
  • Guide to Foreign and International Legal Databases - Poland (New York University Law Library)
  • JURIST: Poland (University of Pittsburgh School of Law)
  • An Overview of Polish Law (Piotr Rakowski & Robert Rybicki, via GlobaLex) October 2005
  • Project Poland (Chicago-Kent College of Law)
  • Religious Liberty: The Legal Framework in Selected OSCE Countries (U.S. Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe) May 2000; prepared by the Law Library of Congress at the request of the Commision; includes Poland and ten other countries; includes part 1 (pp. 1-203) only; part 2 (pp. 204-349 Appendices) not available online
  • World Legal Information Institute: Poland (WorldLII)
  • World Legal Materials from Europe: Poland (Cornell Legal Information Institute)

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General Sources

  • Country Study: Poland (Library of Congress) October 1992
  • Portals to the World: Poland (Library of Congress)
  • Background Note: Poland (U.S. Dept. of State)
  • Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members of Foreign Governments: Poland (U.S. Central Intelligence Agency)
  • Consular Information Sheet: Poland (U.S. Dept. of State)
  • Country Information: Poland (U.S. Dept. of State)
  • Country Reports on Economic Policy and Trade Practices, 1993-2001 (U.S. Dept. of State) see reports listed under Europe / Independent States
  • Country Reports on Human Rights Practices: Poland (U.S. Dept. of State)
  • Economic Briefing: Poland (The Economist)
  • Embassy of Poland, Washington
  • Governments on the WWW: Poland (Gunnar Anzinger)
  • Human Rights in Poland (Amnesty International)
  • International Religious Freedom Annual Reports: Poland (U.S. Dept. of State)
  • NATIONAL LIBRARY: Biblioteka Narodowa
  • NEWS: BBC World Europe
  • U.S. Embassy, Warsaw (U.S. Dept. of State)
  • World Factbook: Poland (U.S. Central Intelligence Agency)
  • WWW DIRECTORIES / PORTALS: Poland (Google); Poland (Yahoo); WWW-VL Russian and East European Studies (University of Pittsburgh)

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