Legis Cortex
A map of a country’s entire body of law.
Legis Cortex is a map of a country’s entire body of law. It shows every rule, exception and dependency, each traced to the official text, so a change can be checked before it is made.
Every point of light on this page is one sentence of the Polish Labour Code.
In brief
Here is how it works, on one real rule.
01 / 06 · One rule
The first answer is a single sentence of the Labour Code.
One rule an employee relies on.
Kodeks pracy · art. 41 · p. 19
„Pracodawca nie może wypowiedzieć umowy o pracę w czasie urlopu pracownika, a także w czasie innej usprawiedliwionej nieobecności pracownika w pracy, jeżeli nie upłynął jeszcze okres uprawniający do rozwiązania umowy o pracę bez wypowiedzenia.”02 / 06 · Pieces
We read the law sentence by sentence and name what each part does: who is bound, what is forbidden, when, and until when.
Art. 41 in five parts. Worked example
Art. 41 · worked example
03 / 06 · Connections
The limit in Art. 41 is set by Art. 53 § 1. The exception sits in Art. 41¹ § 1, which never mentions sick leave. A search for sick leave misses it.
Art. 53 § 1 depends onPracodawca może rozwiązać umowę o pracę bez wypowiedzenia: 1) jeżeli niezdolność pracownika do pracy wskutek choroby trwa: (…)
Art. 41¹ § 1 unlessW razie ogłoszenia upadłości lub likwidacji pracodawcy, nie stosuje się przepisów art. 38, 39 i 41 (…)
One answer. Three articles. Art. 41 names neither of the others.
Art. 41 · worked example
depends on · Art. 53 § 1 · p. 21
„Pracodawca może rozwiązać umowę o pracę bez wypowiedzenia: 1) jeżeli niezdolność pracownika do pracy wskutek choroby trwa: (…)”Termination without notice is allowed when sickness absence lasts beyond set periods.
unless · Art. 41¹ § 1 · p. 19
„W razie ogłoszenia upadłości lub likwidacji pracodawcy, nie stosuje się przepisów art. 38, 39 i 41, ani przepisów szczególnych dotyczących ochrony pracowników przed wypowiedzeniem lub rozwiązaniem umowy o pracę.”If the employer goes bankrupt or is liquidated, Art. 38, 39 and 41 do not apply.
04 / 06 · The whole
Each point is a sentence, placed by part, chapter and article. Each faint line is a reference detected in the text. Point at any sentence to read it.Tap any point to read it.
Lines: 329 references detected in the text by a simple rule. Unverified.
The Labour Code: 515 articles, 2,341 sentences in its articles, each one addressed.
515articles
2,341sentences in articles
329references detected in the text, unverified
05 / 06 · The rest
Around the Code, each outline stands for law we have not mapped yet. The outlines are placeholders, not data.
One code is mapped. The rest of the nation’s law is still dark.
Mapped Kodeks pracy, Dz.U. 2025 poz. 277
Not yet drawn The rest of Polish law
06 / 06 · Layers and time
The same sentences carry their structure, what they require and what their words mean. Each will also carry three dates: when it is in force, when it applies, when it takes effect.
Layers 3 and 4: worked example
Illustration of the planned time view. Dates are illustrative.
Why it matters
What you have just seen in one article holds for the whole law.
Law grows faster than anyone can read it. Poland’s official journal publishes thousands of legal acts every year. Laws are amended many times over.
An amendment can change a rule it never names. Citizens are presumed to know a law that no one can know in full. When the pieces stop holding together, the cost lands on courts, firms and citizens.
Lawmaking · Illustrative example
A hypothetical bill shortens the sickness-absence period in Art. 53 § 1 pkt 1. It never mentions Art. 41.
Verdict · Illustrative example
1† provision amended
1† protection changed without being cited
Review before the vote.
† Illustrative figure. The bill is hypothetical.
What changes
Lawmakers
See the impact of a bill before the vote.
Every provision a change reaches, including the ones it never cites.
Courts and officials
Read the law as it stood on the day of the event.
In force, applies, takes effect: three dates, kept apart.
Firms and compliance
Know which obligations a change reaches.
Follow an amendment to each duty, exception and sanction it touches.
Citizens
Law that holds together.
A rule shown with its exceptions, its limits and the sentence it comes from.
How we do it
We start from the official text.
Every conclusion traces back to the exact sentence in the official journal.
We read it sentence by sentence.
Each part is named for what it does: who must, who must not, who may, under which conditions, with which exceptions.
We connect every piece.
To the definition it uses, the exception that limits it, the sanction that enforces it and the regulation that executes it, wherever they live.
Machines propose. Rules verify. People decide.
Software suggests a reading. Fixed rules test it. A person accepts it or sends it back.
Nothing is published that cannot be checked.
If a link cannot be traced to the text, it stays off the map.
Poland first. Built for any country.
The same method reads any statute book, act by act.
Software does the reading. People set the standard.
Honesty
A map that hides its doubts is worse than no map. Every link says how it was found and whether a person has checked it.
| Link | Kind | Status |
|---|---|---|
| art. 41¹ § 1 art. 41 | mention detected in the text | unverified |
| art. 41 art. 53 § 1 | depends on | worked example |
| art. 41 usprawiedliwiona nieobecność | defined in a regulation outside the Code | not yet mapped |
The faint lines on this page are exactly that: 329 mentions of one article by another, found by a simple rule and not yet verified.
Legis Cortex is at an early stage, starting with Poland. If your work is making, applying or checking the law, we would like to talk.
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