Further Development in Study of Dispute Patterns in Central Eastern Europe

As the research on dispute patterns in popular legal culture in Poland is developing the further research results are presented. The 2013 results of field interviews in bi-ethnic area will be presented checking the hypothesized similarity of disputing patterns amongst Polish and Ukrainian population in Poland as well as the initial 2014 data on large urban population in Eastern Ukraine as compared with Polish population in Poland. The reasoning behind is that though different in their identity the two societies had enough similar past that they should display the same basic features as to the willingness to dispute, to use courts or to settle disputes informally. The methodology of further study concerning the use of courts within such comparison will be presented. Variety of types of disputes is under study ranging from traffic disputes through business disputes to family disputes