Jacek Malczewski
Cracow Studies of Constitutional and Legal History, Volume, 8 Issue 3, Volume 8 (2015), pp. 319 - 325
https://doi.org/10.4467/20844131KS.15.019.3996The article is a voice in the debate concerning the role of historical-legal subjects in the curriculum of legal studies. The authors argue that the declining popularity and attractiveness of those subjects largely results from inadequate understanding of the purpose and form of instruction. Instead of building the intellectual ethos of future lawyers they contribute to a new type of absolute ignorance. Referring to their own academic discipline, the history of political and legal thought, the authors outline a workable teaching model.
Jacek Malczewski
Cracow Studies of Constitutional and Legal History, Volume 7, Issue 3, Volume 7 (2014), pp. 517 - 525
https://doi.org/10.4467/20844131KS.14.038.3103The article discusses the current state of edition of legal historical sources in Poland from the perspective of historians of political and legal thought. The authors begin by explaining the idea and scope of „source base”specific to their field of research. Three following issues are discussed later: (a) translation of foreign sources into Polish; (b) critical (re)edition of classic Polish texts in political thought; (c) edition of 20th century documental sources by the Institute of National Remembrance and The KARTA Centre. The authors make a number of comments and requests concerning the subject of discussion.