THE INFLUENCE OF SOVIET LAW ON THE LEGAL REGULATIONS OF PROPERTY IN POLAND (1944–1990)

The aim of this paper is to show how the Marxist conception of ownership was introduced in Poland after World War II, and how it was then removed. The paper shows also to what extent the regulations introduced in Poland were different from the ones in force in the Soviet Union. In particular, the provisions of the Constitution of the Polish People’s Republic of 1952 and the Civil Code of 1964 are elucidated. The author points out that contemporary Polish courts sometimes question the legal meaning of some civil-law institutions from the period of 1944–1989