Legal English. Civil, Commercial, Administrative and Labour Law

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Introduction  p.  9 1. Types of laws  p.  9 1.1. Legal systems   p.  9 1.2. Classifications of law   p.  13 1.3. Branches of law   p.  17 1.4. Glossary   p.  20 Sources of law  p.  23 2.1. Classification of legal acts in Poland   p.  23 2.2. Legal acts under international law   p.  26 2.3. Creation of normative acts   p.  33 2.4. Glossary   p.  39 Judiciary  p.  42 3.1. Types of courts in Poland   p.  42 3.2. Court proceedings   p.  47 3.3. Legal profession   p.  51 3.4. Glossary   p.  57   II. Civil law  p.  60 4. General part  p.  60 4.1. Persons   p.  60 4.2. Property   p.  64 4.3. Acts in law   p.  68 4.4. Glossary   p.  74 Law of obligations  p.  77 5.1. Debtor and creditor   p.  77 5.2. Contracts    p.  84 5.3. Illicit acts   p.  89 5.4. Glossary   p.  97 Property law  p.  100 6.1. Ownership   p.  100 6.2. Perpetual usufruct   p.  104 6.3. Limited property rights    p.  108 6.4. Possession    p.  117 6.5. Glossary   p.  122   III.  p. Commercial law   p.  127 Partnerships  p.  127 7.1. Types of partnerships   p.  127 7.2. Particulars of partnerships   p.  135 7.3. Establishment, transformation and liquidation   p.  141 7.4. Glossary   p.  146 Limited liability company  p.  148 8.1. Limited liability company – formation and documents    p.  148 8.2. Governing bodies of the limited liability company    p.  153 8.3. Changes to the limited liability company   p.  160 8.4. Glossary   p.  169 Joint-stock company  p.  172 9.1. Joint-stock company – formation and documents   p.  172 9.2. Governing bodies of the joint-stock company    p.  178 9.3. Changes to the joint-stock company   p.  185 9.4. Glossary   p.  195   IV. Administrative Law  p.  199 10. Introduction  p.  199 10.1. Notion of administrative law   p.  199 10.2. Sources of administrative law   p.  203 10.3. Boundaries of administrative law   p.  206 10.4. General principles of administrative law    p.  210 10.4.1. Constitutional principles   p.  210 10.4.2. Other principles   p.  213 10.5. Glossary   p.  220 Law on public administration  p.  222 11.1. Structure of public administration   p.  222 11.2. State administration   p.  227 11.2.1. Central non-governmental administration  p.  227 11.2.1.1. President of the Republic of Poland   p.  227 11.2.1.2. Central bodies subordinate to the Sejm   p.  229 11.2.2. Central government administration   p.  233 11.3. Out-of-court control of public administration   p.  238 11.3.1. External control of public administration   p.  238 11.3.2. Internal control within public administration   p.  241 11.4. Judicial and parliamentary control   p.  242 11.5. Glossary   p.  245 Administrative procedural law  p.  248 12.1. System of administrative courts   p.  248 12.2. Administrative proceedings   p.  252 12.2.1. Parties   p.  252 12.2.2. Initiation of the proceedings    p.  253 12.2.3. The course of administrative proceedings   p.  258 12.3. Appellate measures and other issues   p.  262 12.4. European administrative cooperation   p.  266 12.5. Glossary   p.  271   V. Labour Law  p.  274 13. Introduction  p.  274 13.1. Sources of labour law   p.  274 13.2. Basic principles of labour law   p.  279 13.3. Equal treatment in employment   p.  284 13.4. Glossary   p.  288 Employment relationship  p.  289 14.1. The concept and nature of employment relationship   p.  289 14.2. Contract of employment   p.  293 14.2.1. Conclusion of the contract of employment   p.  293 14.2.2. Termination of the contract of employment   p.  301 14.2.3. Employment conditions for employees delegated from an EU Member State   p.  306 14.2.4. Employment in the form of telework   p.  309 14.3. Glossary   p.  312 Remuneration for work and other benefits  p.  314 15.1. Remuneration for work   p.  314 15.2. Other benefits   p.  319 15.3. Glossary   p.  323 Duties of the employer and the employee  p.  324 16.1. Duties of the employer   p.  324 16.2. Duties of the employee   p.  328 16.3. Professional qualifications of employees   p.  332 16.4. Workplace regulations   p.  335 16.5. Liability of employees   p.  338 16.6. Glossary   p.  342 Working time  p.  343 17.1. Standards and general amount of working time, rest periods   p.  343 17.2. Working-time system and schedules   p.  346 17.3. Overtime work, night-time work, work on Sundays and public holidays   p.  350 17.4. Employee’s leaves   p.  355 17.5. Glossary   p.  358 Safety and health at work  p.  359 18.1. Obligations related to safety and health at work   p.  359 18.2. Health protection   p.  364 18.3. Accidents at work and occupational diseases   p.  366 18.4. Glossary   p.  369 Collective labour agreements  p.  370 19.1. Trade unions   p.  370 19.2. Company-level and multi-enterprise collective labour agreements   p.  374 19.3. Glossary   p.  378 Settlement of employment disputes  p.  379 20.1. Conciliation proceedings   p.  379 20.2. Labour courts and methods of dispute resolution   p.  382 20.3. Glossary   p.  386 Hierarchy of the UK courts   p.  388 The US court system   p.  389 English-Polish Glossary   p.  391 Polish-English Glossary   p.  427 Answer Key   p.  461 References   p.  521