False Friends in Comparative Law

Advantages and Risks of Legal Transplants in Civil Law – the Polish-German Perspective

Contributions by Wojciech Bańczyk Contributions by Magdalena Bławat Contributions by Witold Borysiak Contributions by Przemysław Drapała Contributions by Sandra Hadrowicz Contributions by Katarzyna Królikowska Contributions by Boguslaw Lackoroński Contributions by Elwira Macierzyńska-Franaszczyk Contributions by Katarzyna Południak-Gierz Contributions by Piotr Ratusznik Contributions by Radosław Strugała Contributions by Iwona Szymczak Contributions by Fryderyk Zoll Edited by Przemysław Drapała Edited by Elwira Macierzyńska-Franaszczyk Edited by Fryderyk Zoll

Book cover: False Friends in Comparative Law

Extent: 379 pages

Publisher: V&R unipress

Language: English

Hardback (Published)

(July 2026)

ISBN: 9783847119890

6.3 x 9.33 inches

Price: $82.00

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Comparative Analyses of Legal Transplants – the Polish-German Perspective


German law served as an inspiration for Polish legislators in the 20th century and continues to influence the Polish legal scholarship, jurisprudence and legal practice. This influence is visible also in Polish civil law. The aim of the book was to collect outcomes of research analysis of concepts and theories of Polish civil law which appeared to be examples of legal transplants from German law, and to determine their actual nature. The individual chapters of the book focus on specific concepts and theories of civil law. In the outcomes of comparative analysis the authors point out both the advantages and the risks of legal transplants, as well as distinguish between genuine and false transplants from German to Polish civil law.

  • Contributions by Wojciech Bańczyk
  • Contributions by Magdalena Bławat
  • Contributions by Witold Borysiak
  • Contributions by Przemysław Drapała
  • Contributions by Sandra Hadrowicz
  • Contributions by Katarzyna Królikowska
  • Contributions by Boguslaw Lackoroński
  • Contributions by Elwira Macierzyńska-Franaszczyk
  • Contributions by Katarzyna Południak-Gierz
  • Contributions by Piotr Ratusznik
  • Contributions by Radosław Strugała
  • Contributions by Iwona Szymczak
  • Contributions by Fryderyk Zoll
  • Edited by Przemysław Drapała
  • Edited by Elwira Macierzyńska-Franaszczyk
  • Edited by Fryderyk Zoll