(Wydział Prawa i Administracji UAM, 2001) Szymaniak, Adam
The essay aims at comparing the records regarding civic rights in the Polish constitutions of
1952 and 1997. The presentation of this pursuit has been divided into three parts: the first discusses
the most significant freedoms contained in the old socialist constitution; the second is about
material and procedural guarantee of human right protection in the constitution valid at present,
while the third part contains summary conclusions. The analysis of both these texts is made
against a broad historical background and it is based on a rich relevant literature.