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Currently Poland entered a road of doctrinal and legislative con-tinuation of pre-war attainments and in the doctrine – in the scope of discussion over a necessity (a need) of changes in the Code of Civil Pro-cedure, or even elaborating a new code, because of its „decomposition” – one indicates successive legal and procedural institutions, which should be subject to evaluation. In the article a current state of legislation was subject to a critical assessment in the scope of legal norms of civil pro-cedural law, attainments of the doctrine and judicial decisions of the Supreme Court under the rule of the Code of Civil Procedure 1930 and 1964 were indicated. It was underlined that in a compromise of theory with practice there is contained a secret why C.C.P. both from 1930 and 1964 – despite shortcomings, lacks and defects, demonstrated in various critical evaluations, constitutes a proof of a great legal culture, strength-ened in conscience of civil law experts and won the good feelings and recognition of wide legal circles in the country and abroad. A reform of norms should always be the final stage in improvement of exercising administration of justice. Stability and continuity are the highest values. One should first of all defy problems of organisation and interpretation,which are leading prerequisites to improve its functioning. The final influence on a form of administration of justice and at the same time on quality of application of the law always has a judge's personality, his/her so-called „internal authority”.