Introduction to Polish Private International Law

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Students taking part in the course know and understand basic notions of civil law (e.g. a contract, a tort/delict) and some institutions of international civil procedure (e.g. jurisdiction, recongnition and enforcement of foreign judgments) being in force in their countries of origin. They are aware of the existence of differences between systems of law of various States. They have finished the basic course of the law of the European Union, they are acquainted with the general structure of the legal system of the EU, the legal status of the EU Regulations, and the impact of the ECJ case law on the law of the Member States.

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Introduction to principles and rules of Polish Private International Law which specify the law applicable to the private (civil and commercial) law relationship.

During the course students are acquainted mainly with Polish Private International Law in the stricter sense (law on the conflict of laws). Key issues discussed: general part of the PIL (aim and foundations, characterization of legal notions, structure of rules of PIL, various types of connecting factors, nationality of a natural person, renvoi, non-unified legal systems, public policy, application of a foreign law by Polish courts), specific issues (law applicable to: status of natural persons, moral persons, contractual and extra-contractual obligations, absolute rights in tangible and intangible objects, family matters, successions). International civil procedure — esp. jurisdiction of courts, recognition and enforcement of foreign judgments — generally is not a part of the course.

- Polish Act of 4 Feb., 2011 on Private International Law (unofficial English translation prepared by the course instructors)

- A. Wysocka-Bar, E. Kamarad, Private International Law in Poland, Alphen aan den Rijn 2020

- M. Pilich, Private international law: Collected Lectures, available on the Kampus e-learning platform

- D. Lasok, The Polish System of Private International Law, Amer. J. Comp. Law. 1966-67, 330-351

- A. Mączyński, Polish Private International Law, Yb. Priv. Int'l Law 2004, 203-220

- J. Rajski, The New Polish Private International Law, Int'l & Comp. L. Quart. 1966, s. 457-469

- English abstracts of cases before the Supreme Court (chosen and translated by the teachers)

Students know and understand the basic notions of Private International Law; they are ready to learn how to apply its rules in practice.

Students are examined at the end of the course in the test form (single choice test) on the e-learning platform. Credits according to the standard grading scale of the University of Warsaw (foreign students later have them transformed into the international scale of the Erasmus programme). Current evaluation is not foreseen.

They are not foreseen.