O początkach prac nad kodyfikacją polskiego prawa cywilnego w 1947 r.

Abstract

In the period 1947-1949 works on the codifications of civil law in Poland were held. They were undertaken after successful process of unification of this branch of law in 1946. They were confided to a commission, consisting of five members and working in the structures of the Ministry of Justice. The range of works was initially limited to technical aspects of codification. The main goal was to join the unification decrees and construct new code. The commission was established in February 1947 and at once, on its first meeting, has made the fundamental decisions. First of all work regulations were accepted. Secondly, it was decided who is responsible for preparing drafts of parts of civilian code. The most important decisions referred to shape of new code, its chapters and the essence of regulation. The shape of a new code was based on German model, used in the Civilian Code BGB of 1896. Works on preparation of a new code were correctly organized, but, due to political reasons, they were not concluded. This was connected with the process of quick sovietization of Polish law, which started in 1948, in the second half of this year. In new political situation it was decided that there is no sense to continue works on "bourgeois" code.