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ChapterIV.Interpretationofprovisionsoflabourlaw
whichclarificationsastothecontentsofacollectiveagreementmadejointlybythepar-
tiestheretoarenotbindingforthecourt,however,itisdifficulttoassumethatthewill
ofthepartieswillbeabsolutelyofnorelevancefortheinterpreter.
Thejudicial(operative)interpretationisappliedinaformoflegalprinciples,adopted
bythewholeLabourLawChamberofthePolishSupremeCourtorbythepanelofsev-
enjudgesoftheSupremeCourt,whereastheresolutionsofthesevenjudgesarenot
legalprinciplesexlegebutbecomeonesupontheirentryinabookoflegalprinciples
andbinduponallcourtpanels(seetheresolutionofsevenjudgesofthePolishSupreme
Courtof15January200315ondeterminationofthelengthofanoticeperiod).
Thedoctrinalinterpretation,alsocalledscientificortheoreticalinterpretation,isspe-
cificinthatitisdifficulttodiscussitsbindingforce,alsoinrelationtotheparties
involvedintheapplicationoflaw.Legalinterpretationbylabourlawscholarsmaytake
aformofanabstract,commentaryanalysisrelatingtotheexaminationofaconceptual
scopeofanormativeexpression,andthusaprovisionoraspecific,evaluativeanalysis
usuallyinreferencetothecourt’sinterpretation(commentary).Theadvantageofthis
kindofinterpretationismostcertainlythespecialistandpreciselegallanguage,andits
disadvantageislackofuniformityandmulti-directionalapproach.
3.Processofinterpretationoflabourlaws
Thedoctrineoflabourlawdistinguishestwostagesintheprocessofinterpretation
oflegalprovisions:
1)apreliminaryinterpretationthepurposeofwhichistoestablishwhetheraprovi-
sioninquestionisacurrentprovisionandisincludedinalegalactinforce;
2)anessentialinterpretationwhichinvolvesreconstructionofanormandfurther
determinationofitscontentsusinglinguistic,systemicandfunctionalrules.
Thelinguisticinterpretationconsistsintheestablishmentofameaningofaprovision
usingtherulesoflanguageinwhichtheprovisionisexpressed,inparticularthemean-
ingofwords,contextinwhichtheyareusedorasentencestructure.
Ifdoubtsastothemeaningofalegalnormcannotberesolvedonthebasisoflinguistic
rules,thensuchoptionshouldbeselectedwhichisincompliancewiththeprinciples
ofthelegalsystemtowhichthisnormbelongs.
Functional(teleological)directives,inestablishingthemeaningofalegalprovision,
makereferencetoasocialcontext,totheobjectivepursuedbythelegislatureindraft-
ingthegivenprovision(forexample,theanalysisofprovisionsrelatingtotermination
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M.Lekston