Case Study of Art. 15ze of the Special COVID Act As an Example of "Epidemic Legislation” Cover Image

Studium przypadku art. 15ze specustawy COVID owej jako przykład „prawodawstwa epidemicznego”
Case Study of Art. 15ze of the Special COVID Act As an Example of "Epidemic Legislation”

Author(s): Krzysztof Koźmiński, Michał Jabłoński
Subject(s): Health and medicine and law, Law on Economics, Comparative Law
Published by: Uniwersytet Ignatianum w Krakowie
Keywords: legislation; COVID Act; shopping malls; contracts; entrepreneurs;

Summary/Abstract: RESEARCH OBJECTIVE: The aim of the article is to present the shortcomings of the solution provided for in Art. 15ze of the special COVID Act. THE RESEARCH PROBLEM AND METHODS: The key problem raised in the article is the question of the admissibility of interference by the legislator in contractual relations between entrepreneurs in the way it happened in Poland in connection with the COVID epidemic. Considerations carried out using, typical in jurisprudence, formal and dogmatic method. THE PROCESS OF ARGUMENTATION: The article presents the essence of the solution provided for in Art. 15ze of the special COVID Act, the justification for its adoption, constitutional and legal doubts and errors in the legislative technique. Finally, comments were also made regarding the economic effectiveness of the provision and critical conclusions. RESEARCH RESULTS: The analysis showed that the commented provision of Art. 15ze of the COVID Special Act does not correspond to the constitutional framework, is harmful to its addressees and is an example of “epidemic patho-legislation”: defective, hasty, economically ineffective. CONCLUSIONS, INNOVATIONS, AND RECOMMENDATIONS: Although the analyzed provision is no longer in force, the fate of the provision of Art. 15ze of the special COVID Act and the experiences related to it should become a valuable lesson for the future for the legislator, who will plan statutory interference in contractual legal relations between entrepreneurs.

  • Issue Year: 12/2021
  • Issue No: 41
  • Page Range: 11-29
  • Page Count: 19
  • Language: Polish