'You make it sound like there is no difference between communist times and now.' - what do you mean exactly? That there is no difference in which aspect?
Law is law in Poland, the executioner of law - that is and was the point.
you are very wrong, because the codified law which constitutes Polish law stems from French system and has nothing to do with communism. The law wasn't just given by communists :-) this is much older 'tradition'.
In the interpretation and implementation of the law by the communist system, not the laws themselves in most cases and in others the law was changed by the communists and changed back now.
Your rights as a citizen, your freedom of speech and expression, your freedom to travel, your right to run your own business (in most cases), property rights, internment, etc... Who's 'laws' were these?
All of these have had a lasting effect on the inhabitants of Poland. I see and hear of it still today.
I think you are arguing that Polish law is better than English law because you have a codex.
I have heard this many times from many different advocates and notaries here in Poland and Lithuania and that there is no difference between now and communist time in respect to the law codex. This is a different topic as far as I am concerned.
Whereas I am saying:
look at what foreigners complain about most on PF, a lot of it has to do with the lingering communist mentality, bureaucracy and if you interpret communism as an invading force or occupation you can see that people don't respect the law so much as there seems to be a feeling that it is not their law.
