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ChapterI
THECONCEPTANDSUBJECT-MATTER
OFLABOURLAW
1.Definitionsoflabourlaw
Definitionsofbasicconceptsrelevanttocertainfieldsofstudyareofmajorimpor-
tancebothinempiricalsciencesandinpracticalapplicationofthelaw.InthePolish
literatureonthesubject,thetermofulabourlaw”appearedratherlate,duringthein-
terwarperiod,althoughinaratherlimitedscope.Thetermsusedmorefrequentlyat
thattimewere:uworkers’law”,uindustriallaw”,uworkers’andindustriallaw”,ufactory
legislation”orsimilar.Thetermulabourlaw”becamepopularattheendoftheinterwar
periodanddefinitelyprevailedaftertheWorldWarII.
Itbecamealegaltermevenlater,undertheActof26June1974-LabourCode(usta-
wazdnia26czerwca1974Kodekspracy).1Inseverallegalactsoftheinterwarperiod,
thesetofnormsgoverningthematerialscopeofemploymentrelationships(e.g.relating
toindustrialworkers)wascalleduprovisionsonthecontractsofemployment”2andafter
thewarthelegaltextsusedthetermulabourlegislation”3withoutgivinglegaldefinitions
ofthoseterms.Therefore,byreferencetothelatter,itispossibletodistinguishbetween
scholarlydefinitionsandlegal(normative)definitionsoflabourlaw.
Initially,thelegaldoctrinedefinedlabourlawasasetofnormsdeterminingtheem-
ployeestatus(calledstatusdefinitions).Soonsuchdefinitionswereconsideredtoo
unarrow”andnotcorrespondingwiththescopeofthelabourlawasabranch.Atthat
time,definitionsoflabourlawasaseparatebranchofthelegalsystemoftheRepublic
ofPoland,governingemploymentrelationsandothersocialrelationsdirectlylinkedto
employmentrelations,becamemorepopular.
1Consolidatedtext:JournalofLaws[Dz.U.]of2014,item1502asamended.
2RegulationofthePresidentoftheRepublicofPolandof27June1934-CommercialCode(Rozporzą-
dzeniePrezydentaRPzdnia27czerwca1934Kodekshandlowy;JournalofLaws[Dz.U.]no.57,item502as
amended).
3See,forexample,ArticleXII§1oftheActonimplementationoftheCivilCode.
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