Relacja „zwykłego” postępowania cywilnego do postępowania odrębnego w sprawach z zakresu ubezpieczeń społecznych w świetle orzecznictwa Sądu Najwyższego

The author of the paper attempts to explain mutual relations existing between the general regulations regarding proceedings that are stipulated in the Code of Civil Procedure and regulations regarding separate proceedings in social insurance cases. In the author’s opinion, an analysis of regulations of Book One of the Code of Civil Procedure makes it possible to indicate four (named and described in the paper) categories of provisions that determine the aforementioned relations, taking into consideration the specifics of proceedings in social insurance cases that constitute civil cases in formal meaning.