Selected Fundamental Rights in the Polish Constitution of 1952
Journal: Krakowskie Studia z Historii Państwa i Prawa
Year: 2025

Fundamental rights are those which, in the Constitution, provide protection for the most important rights and freedoms. Due to the nature of the People’s Republic of Poland, the guarantees provided by the Constitution of the People’s Republic of Poland of 1952 were essentially limited to the rights granted to citizens only. In socialist states, their role was reduced to defining the position of the citizens and their relations with the state. These were civil, political rights, granted by the st