Constitution Executive COURTS AND JUDICIARY Legislative Legal Guides General Sources (includes LC Portals: Poland)

CONSTITUTIONAL RESOURCES

• Konstytucja Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej (Sejm) in Polish, English, French, German, and Russian
• International Constitutional Law: Poland (Universität Bern Institut für Öffentliches Recht) offers English translation and background notes
• Constitution Finder: Poland (University of Richmond T.C. Williams School of Law) in English

EXECUTIVE ARM

• PRESIDENT: Prezydent Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej
• PRIME MINISTER: Kancelaria Prezesa Rady Ministrow

COURTS AND JUDICIARY

• Sad Najwyzszy [Supreme Court]
• Trybunal Konstytucyjny [Constitutional Tribunal]

LEGISLATIVE

• OFFICIAL GAZETTE: Monitor Polski: Dziennik Urzdowy Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej Ludowejw
• SESSION LAWS: Dziennik Ustaw
• PARLIAMENT: Consists of the Sejm and Senat
• Biblioteka Kodeksów (Katolicki Uniwersytet Lubelski) in Polish; includes civil and criminal codes
• Polish Law Selected laws; criminal, customs, tax, notaries
• NATLEX: Poland (International Labour Organisation) database of national laws on labor, social security and related human rights
• World Directory of Parliamentary Libraries: Poland (German Bundestag)
• E-Transaction Law Resources: Poland (Baker & McKenzie)

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LEGAL GUIDES AND MISCELLANEOUS

• GUIDE: Multinational Reference (Law )
• Multinational Collections Database: Poland (Law ) provides bibliographic information on materials in our reference collection
• EECR: Poland (East European Constitutional Review)
• FindLaw: Poland
• ForIntLaw: Poland (Washburn University Law Library)
• Guide to Foreign and International Legal Databases - Poland (New York University Law Library)
• JURIST: Poland (University of Pittsburgh School of Law)
• Legal Framework for Foreign Investors (Commercial Law Center Foundation)
• An Overview of Polish Law (Piotr Rakowski & Robert Rybicki, via GlobaLex) October 2005
• Project Poland (Chicago-Kent College of Law)
• Religious Liberty: The Legal Framework in Selected OSCE Countries (U.S. Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe) May 2000; prepared by the Law at the request of the Commision; includes Poland and ten other countries; includes part 1 (pp. 1-203) only; part 2 (pp. 204-349 Appendices) not available online
• World Law Index: Poland (Australasian Legal Information Institute)
• World Legal Materials from Europe: Poland (Cornell Legal Information Institute)

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GENERAL SOURCES

• Country Study: Poland () October 1992
• Portals to the World: Poland ()
• Background Notes: Poland (U.S. Dept. of State)
• Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members of Foreign Governments: Poland (U.S. Central Intelligence Agency)
• Consular Information Sheet: Poland (U.S. Dept. of State)
• Country Information: Poland (U.S. Dept. of State)
• Country Reports on Economic Policy and Trade Practices, 1993-2001 (U.S. Dept. of State) see reports listed under Europe / Independent States
• Country Reports on Human Rights Practices: Poland (U.S. Dept. of State)
• Economic Briefing: Poland (The Economist)
• Embassy of Poland, Washington
• Governments on the WWW: Poland (Gunnar Anzinger)
• Human Rights in Poland (Amnesty International)
• International Religious Freedom Annual Reports: Poland (U.S. Dept. of State)
• NATIONAL LIBRARY: Biblioteka Narodowa
• NEWS: BBC World Europe
• U.S. Embassy, Warsaw (U.S. Dept. of State)
• World Factbook: Poland (U.S. Central Intelligence Agency)
• WWW DIRECTORIES / PORTALS: Poland (Google); Poland (Yahoo); WWW-VL Russian and East European Studies (University of Pittsburgh)