The concept of legal affairs – an attempt at systematics

Abstract

Legal security, as a general system principle closely related to the principle of legal certainty, is reflected in the principle of safe trading. The concept of trading in the legal context in general is often understood intuitively, therefore its scope of this commonly used concept requires systematization. The arrangements in this respect will contribute to establishing the limits of competence - the actions of entities whose statutory duty is to protect it (such as notaries guarding the safety of trading). The concept of “affairs” and in the legal field should be considered on many levels. Relations are, legally speaking, created on two main planes. One of them creates conditions (grounds) for trading, the other - acts of applying the law. The first of these are the norms expressed in the provisions included in normative acts. Legal norms constructed within the framework of particular branches of law constitute a platform for the trading taking place on the basis and within the limits of these norms - but also themselves are its subject. The consequence of the functioning of the above-mentioned norms in the Polish legal system is the existence of its second level in trade – the application of law. However, events based on legal norms will not always function in trading.