The fundamental human, social and citizen's rights were formulated in the Constitution of the Republic of Poland. No law or other legal act may be in conflict with it because the Constitution lays down the legal basis for the rest of all Poland legislation and determines the nature of all legal branches, including social security law. Thus, the Constitution provides several legal norms that have great importance to the whole system of further legislation regulating specific social security rights in Poland. The constitutional jurisprudence concerning social security is linked with different global and national processes. The economic crisis has also asked to amend or even to reinterpret already existing practice. This article aims at providing basic principles of social security rights established in the Constitution and their interpretation in constitutional jurisprudence. Some aspects of the constitutional doctrine of social security rights, which were determined by changes in the economy, are also discussed.

The fundamental human, social and citizen's rights were formulated in the Constitution of the Republic of Poland. No law or other legal act may be in conflict with it because the Constitution lays down the legal basis for the rest of all Poland legislation and determines the nature of all legal branches, including social security law. Thus, the Constitution provides several legal norms that have great importance to the whole system of further legislation regulating specific social security rights in Poland. The constitutional jurisprudence concerning social security is linked with different global and national processes. The economic crisis has also asked to amend or even to reinterpret already existing practice. This article aims at providing basic principles of social security rights established in the Constitution and their interpretation in constitutional jurisprudence. Some aspects of the constitutional doctrine of social security rights, which were determined by changes in the economy, are also discussed.