%0 Journal Article %A Monika Florczak-WÄ…tor %D 2015 %J International Journal of Law and Political Sciences %B World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology %I Open Science Index 101, 2015 %T Horizontal Dimension of Constitutional Social Rights %U https://publications.waset.org/pdf/10001126 %V 101 %X The main purpose of this paper is to determine the applicability of the constitutional social rights in the so-called horizontal relations, i.e. the relations between private entities. Nowadays the constitutional rights are more and more often violated by private entities and not only by the state. The private entities interfere with the privacy of individuals, limit their freedom of expression or disturb their peaceful gatherings. International corporations subordinate individuals in a way which may limit their constitutional rights. These new realities determine the new role of the constitution in protecting human rights. The paper will aim at answering two important questions. Firstly, are the private entities obliged to respect the constitutional social rights of other private entities and can they be liable for violation of these rights? Secondly, how the constitutional social rights can receive horizontal effect? Answers to these questions will have a significant meaning for the popularisation of the practice of applying the Constitution among the citizens as well as for the courts which settle disputes between them. %P 1386 - 1389