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The Polish law, or legal system in Poland. has been developing since the first centuries of Polish history, over 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)

New Polish law is published in Dziennik Ustaw and Monitor Polski.

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This article incorporates text translated from the corresponding Polish Wikipedia article as of 16 February 2006.

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