Absolute incapacitation procedure in the light of the Civil Code of the Kingdomof Poland Cover Image

Postępowanie o ubezwłasnowolnienie całkowite w świetle przepisów Kodeksu Cywilnego Królestwa Polskiego
Absolute incapacitation procedure in the light of the Civil Code of the Kingdomof Poland

Author(s): Dorota Wiśniewska-Jóźwiak
Subject(s): History of Law, 19th Century
Published by: Oficyna Wydawnicza KA AFM
Keywords: incapacitation; absolute incapacitation; court practice in the Kingdom of Poland; Civil Code of the Kingdom of Poland; Napoleonic Code; family council

Summary/Abstract: The rules contained in the Civil Code of the Kingdom of Poland concerning incapacitation were based on Napoleonic law. Reservation of the court procedure for the application of this institution of law and limitation of the role of the family council solely to the function of an opinion provider aimed at the protection of personal and property interests of the person to be incapacitated. Moreover, it also protected the interests of the closest kin of such a person.

  • Issue Year: XVIII/2015
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 91-106
  • Page Count: 16
  • Language: Polish