Human Nature versus Financial Market Law Norms – Behavioural Factors in the Process of Enacting Financial Market Regulations Zalcewicz Anna author Warsaw University of Technology, Faculty of Administration and Social Science, Warsaw, Poland. Correspondence to: Anna Zalcewicz a.zalcewicz@ans.pw.edu.pl 30 06 2020 Issue 18 (2)/ 2020 2020 48 63 Copyright © 2020 2020 <p>This paper is part of the discussion on the scope of application of the findings of behavioural sciences in law-making in order to effectively influence the formation of social relations in accordance with contemporary standards. The discussion focuses on the question of the extent to which the legislator can take into account the behaviour/emotions of clients of financial services institutions when creating financial market law. 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