Published: 2020-07-09

Law and truth — law historian’s remarks on legal fictions

Wacław Uruszczak Logo ORCID
Section: Rozprawy i artykuły
https://doi.org/10.31261/ZDP.2020.20.03

Abstract

Legal fiction is a “lie of law” that entails acknowledging a contradiction with reality in order to produce the desired legal effect. The article presents the role of legal fictions in several legal orders, such as Roman law (fictio legis Corneliae, fictio postliminii), canon law (e.g., legal representation, legal person, majority voting), medieval Polish law. The article also presents the requirements for the validity of legal fictions, advocated by medieval legal science, namely that they can only come from the legislator and only for reasons of equity and the common good.

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Uruszczak, W. (2020). Law and truth — law historian’s remarks on legal fictions. Z Dziejów Prawa, 13, 25—35. https://doi.org/10.31261/ZDP.2020.20.03

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Vol. 13 (2020)
Published: 2021-08-11


ISSN: 1898-6986
eISSN: 2353-9879

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Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego | University of Silesia Press

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