Między literą prawa a praktyką. Reakcje na odgórne regulacje związane z rozprzestrzenianiem się COVID-19 w latach 2020 i 2021

The subject of the article is an analysis of individual perception and effectiveness of legal acts adopted in Poland in relation to the spread of the SARS-CoV-2 virus. The presented analyses concern the ways of actual implementation of selected top-down recommendations, bans, orders and restrictions on staying in the public space in relation to the spread of COVID-19. The aim of the article is to present the ways in which state-wide regulations were perceived and adopted by representatives of the Polish society between March 2020 and July 2021. In this context, the author discusses the specificity of these regulations, the variability and continuity of attitudes towards them, but also the impact of different factors on the perception and implementation of the most important normative acts. The analyses are based on data and research materials obtained from qualitative research projects conducted in 2020 and 2021 on the social impact of the pandemic.