title: Law of obligations in Poland: Selected issues
metadata.name: dc.contributor.author
metadata.value: Olejniczak, Adam
metadata.lang: -
metadata.name: dc.date.accessioned
metadata.value: 2022-06-28T14:05:44Z
metadata.lang: -
metadata.name: dc.date.available
metadata.value: 2022-06-28T14:05:44Z
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metadata.name: dc.date.issued
metadata.value: 2021-03
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metadata.name: dc.identifier.citation
metadata.value: Olejniczak, Adam. 2021. Law of obligations in Poland: Selected issues. Pravovedenie 65 (1): 62–75.
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.identifier.other
metadata.value: https://doi.org/10.21638/spbu25.2021.104
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metadata.name: dc.identifier.uri
metadata.value: http://hdl.handle.net/11701/36987
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metadata.name: dc.description.abstract
metadata.value: The article provides a brief overview of the Polish law of obligations. In particular, the main
  sources of obligations are briefly presented, i. e., contracts, torts and unjust enrichment. Special
  attention is paid to mutual obligations, joint and several obligations, pecuniary obligations
  and obligations deriving from consumer contracts. The article discusses the legal instrument
  for concluding a contract such as preliminary contract, and also performance, discharge and
  remedies for breach of contract. In particular, the consequences of delay in the performance of
  an obligation and the types of such delay are considered. The author pays special attention to
  the issues of liability for non-performance of obligations, in particular, compensation for losses
  from non-performance. The article reveals the content of the pacta sunt servanda principle
  in Polish law and the existing exceptions to this rule. Such a method for the termination of an
  obligation is specifically considered, in addition to its performance, as a set-off. The author
  presents different measures that may discipline the parties to perform the obligation, such as
  contractual penalties and earnest money deposit. Finally, the article addresses the notion of
  damage, principles of liability and obligation to compensate. When describing the obligations
  from unjustified enrichment, special attention is paid to the fact that the loss of enrichment excludes
  its reclamation from the enriched person if he lost the enrichment without knowing about
  the obligation’s existence. In regard to tort law, it is emphasized that there are cases of innocent
  liability for causing harm in Polish law as an exception to the general rule. Only illegal actions
  or omissions can be qualified as guilty and entail responsibility. Polish law does not recognize
  the general obligation to refrain from causing harm. The culpability of misconduct is presumed.
  In some cases, the behavior cannot be recognized as illegal, even if it violates the general prohibition
  established by law. In particular, this concerns causing harm in the case of necessary
  defense, extreme necessity, permissible self-help and in a number of other cases.
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.language.iso
metadata.value: en
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.publisher
metadata.value: St Petersburg State University
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.relation.ispartofseries
metadata.value: Pravovedenie;Volume 65; Issue 1
metadata.lang: -
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: obligations
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: contract
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: breach of contract
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: liability
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: unjust enrichment
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: set-off
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: tort
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: loss
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: causation
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: damages
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.title
metadata.value: Law of obligations in Poland: Selected issues
metadata.lang: en_GB
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metadata.value: Article
metadata.lang: en_GB
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