The right to assembly is recognized as one of the key human rights. It is essential for the functioning of the community, it is also the foundation of the democratic state. The legal regulations of the law of assembly in Poland have a tradition dating back to the mid-nineteenth century, but this right was regulated by 1990. The authentic freedom in this respect can be discussed only in the period of the Third Polish Republic, although this freedom has never meant freedom and has always been subject to limitation. The standards, which have been improved for decades, have been broken by the 2015 act, while in 2017 the Polish legislator introduced a number of solutions that made the law inconsistent and problematic in application. This article is aimed at tracing the evolution of statutory regulations from 1918–2015 and evaluating new solutions, especially those introduced in 2017, against it.

This article is aimed at presenting the results from research. The aim of the research was to verify whether children organized in groups work more effectively in achieving a common goal. The research method employed was that of a social experiment under natural conditions, with the parallel groups technique. The research group consisted of 100 six-year-old children over the course of two school years from two public kindergartens in the same location of a single town. The assumption was that the frequency of collaboration would be higher at the end of the school year for children organised by teachers into groups in order to achieve a common goal compared to children for whom this opportunity is intentionally not created by their teachers. The assumption was confirmed for the methods in which collaboration was manifested: The assumption was confirmed for manifestations of cooperation: continuous, effective communication; helping a friend; praise, encouragement. The following was not confi rmed: expression of one’s own opinion/proposal; engagement in the achievement of a common goal.