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Idea i kształt zinstytucjonalizowania ochrony lokatorów w systemie prawa polskiego (1918–1939)
The idea and shape of institutionalizing the protection of tenants in the system of Polish law (1918–1939)

Author(s): Aneta Kaźmierczyk
Subject(s): History, Law, Constitution, Jurisprudence, History of Law, Civil Law, Human Rights and Humanitarian Law, Recent History (1900 till today), Administrative Law
Published by: Oficyna Wydawnicza KA AFM
Keywords: protection of tenants; protection of landlords; eviction from premises; interwar period; institutional protection of tenants; Second Polish Republic

Summary/Abstract: Protection of tenants was institutionalized in the Polish legal system in the interwar period. The analysis of the objectives and shape of the regulations introduced in the Act of 1920 and then of 1924 leads to the conclusion that over the years the regulations shaping the protection of tenants have been modified not only in terms of their content but also in the axiological aspect. The regulations introduced in the interwar period were to balance the rights of tenants and landlords. The introduced institutions were applied not only to tenants of residential but also commercial premises. The appropriate shape of the regulations and the scope of their application were to contribute to the protection of housing, but also to the development of the economy, protecting investors in the construction market and consumers. It is also important that the introduced regulations were supposed to be of a temporary nature, and they were to be in force only for the duration of a crisis situation caused by the devastation of World War I.

  • Issue Year: XXV/2022
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 227-245
  • Page Count: 19
  • Language: Polish