Polska
Maciej Jońca
Krakowskie Studia z Historii Państwa i Prawa, Tom 15, Zeszyt 4, Tom 15 (2022), s. 617 - 619
https://doi.org/10.4467/20844131KS.22.043.16740Maciej Jońca
Krakowskie Studia z Historii Państwa i Prawa, Tom 16, Zeszyt 2, Tom 16 (2023), s. 249 - 262
https://doi.org/10.4467/20844131KS.23.016.17834Be Careful with Marxism! Notes on the Margins of Tomasz Banach’s Work Catyline and Tabulae Novae. The Problem of Universal Indebtedness and Utilitas Rei Publicae in Cicero’s Speeches (Warszawa: C.H. Beck, 2022, pp. 87, ISBN 978-83-8291-242-5)
In Tomasz Banach’s interesting and useful monograph on the promises of debt relief (tabulae novae) with which Catiline tried to win the favour of Roman society, the reader can find statements in which the author expresses powerful opposition to some „Marxist” and „neoliberal” tendencies. Unfortunately, the author does not explain what he understands by the term “Marxism”, nor does he cite academic literature to define the characteristics of a „Marxist Catiline”. This is a mistake, because the views of Polish representatives of Marxist doctrine regarding the figure and achievements of Catiline, are analogous to those of Tomasz Banach.
Maciej Jońca
Krakowskie Studia z Historii Państwa i Prawa, Tom 17, Zeszyt 4, Early Access
https://doi.org/10.4467/20844131KS.24.036.21020Maciej Jońca
Krakowskie Studia z Historii Państwa i Prawa, Tom 14, Zeszyt 2, Tom 14 (2021), s. 268 - 270
https://doi.org/10.4467/20844131KS.21.018.13526Review of Piotr Alexandrowicz’s Book Canonistic Justification of Freedom of Contract in the Western Legal Tradition. Poznań: Wydawnictwo Naukowe UAM, 2020,333 Pages
The inspiring monograph of Piotr Alexandrowicz entitled “Canonistic Justification of Freedom of Contract in the Western Legal Tradition” clearly shows that the true creators of freedom of contract were not ancient Roman jurists or emperors, but medieval canonists. Based on Christian moral theology, they built the unique doctrine of obligations without which it is quite difficult to imagine contemporary legal transactions. Their thought was subsequently taken up and further developed by modern thinkers.