Volume 17 Issue 1

Volume 17 (2024)

Publication date: 05.2024

Description

The journal was supported by the Minister of Education and Science under the programme „Development of scientific journals” for the years 2023–2024 (contract no. RCN/SP/0307/2021/1).

Cover design: Paweł Bigos.

Licence: CC BY

Editorial team

Secretary Kacper Górski

Editors of the Issue 1 Kacper Górski, Maciej Mikuła

Editor-in-Chief Krystyna Chojnicka

Deputy Editor-in-Chief Maciej Mikuła

Issue content

Articles

Zwalczanie pożarów w dawnym Wrocławiu – spojrzenie na sposoby obrony według porządków ogniowych z lat 1602 i 1630

Bogusław Ulicki

Cracow Studies of Constitutional and Legal History, Volume 17 Issue 1, Volume 17 (2024), pp. 1 - 28

https://doi.org/10.4467/20844131KS.24.001.19458

This study is the first analysis of Wrocław’s fire regulations from 1602 and 1630. The origin of such acts can be derived from medieval city council regulations. One of the oldest dates back to March 19, 1324. Over time, the originally laconic sets of provisions evolved into multi-faceted fire protection regulations, which included issues concerning the organization of fire protection, fire alarms, fire tools, water supply and extinguishing methods. Both documents have a similar structure and content, as the one from 1630 is an amendment to the act of 1602. The main difference concerns the regulations related to the military defense of the city, which appeared for the last time in 1602. These documents were continued with amendments from 1751, 1760 and 1777, later replaced by regulations of state authorities.

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O naukowych sympatiach i antypatiach Leona Pinińskiego

Dagmara Skrzywanek-Jaworska

Cracow Studies of Constitutional and Legal History, Volume 17 Issue 1, Volume 17 (2024), pp. 29 - 48

https://doi.org/10.4467/20844131KS.24.002.19459

This article delves into Leon Piniński’s academic sympathies and aversions, as manifested in his contributions to Przegląd Polski through the posthumous memoirs of Rudolf von Jhering and Bernhard Windscheid. A shared interest in Roman law and possession as a subject of research interest served as a common ground between Piniński and the memoir protagonists during a certain phase of their academic careers. The 19th-century German legal landscape witnessed a polarization of perspectives on possessio, with Savigny and his followers (including Windscheid) on one side and Jhering on the other. This dichotomy captivated Piniński, leading to his exploration of the subject and the development of his unique concept of possessio. During his foreign sojourns, Piniński wrote a German-language monograph titled Der Thatbestand des Sachbesitzerwerbs nach gemeinem Recht, a work yet to be translated into Polish. The evaluations of Jhering’s and Windscheid’s scholarly output were primarily based on Piniński’s views on the nature of possessio. Additionally, the article paints an intellectual tableau of an era whose accomplishments in the realm of legal research continue to hold relevance in contemporary discourse.

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Przestępstwo czynu nierządnego z nieletnim w kodeksach karnych państw zaborczych i kodeksie karnym z 1932 roku. Przyczynek do badań

Karol Siemaszko

Cracow Studies of Constitutional and Legal History, Volume 17 Issue 1, Volume 17 (2024), pp. 49 - 63

https://doi.org/10.4467/20844131KS.24.003.19460

The crime of pedophilia, as a separate type of prohibited act, appeared in Poland together with the criminal codes of the partitioning countries. These provisions were in many cases very casuistic, providing a different standard of protection for minors. The Criminal Code of 1932 introduced a uniform standard of protection through the provision of Article 203 penalizing the act of fornication with a minor. The author discusses not only the provisions of the partitioning codes and the Polish Criminal Code of 1932 relating to the crime of pedophilia, but also points to the conflict of these provisions with the provisions of the marriage law in force in Poland, which in some cases allowed children under 15 years of age to marry.

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Materialne dziedzictwo prawne i jego wykorzystanie w edukacji prawniczej. Walory wykładu z polskiej archeologii prawnej

Danuta Janicka

Cracow Studies of Constitutional and Legal History, Volume 17 Issue 1, Volume 17 (2024), pp. 65 - 77

https://doi.org/10.4467/20844131KS.24.004.19461

Legal archaeology is a relatively young scientific field. Its subject of research concerns objects which once fulfilled specific functions in everyday legal life of the society. Legal archaeology has been the subject of lectures at Polish universities for many decades. The author attempted to define the scope of teaching this subject, taking into account the experience of different historians of law who conduct such lectures. The author analyzed selected conceptions of teaching legal archaeology. As a result, she indicated which old buildings, devices, tools, and other items, including official uniforms, insignia, and attributes of public authority, are best suited to the presentation of old places and methods of lawmaking and law enforcement. She concluded that lectures on legal archaeology serve to broaden the general humanistic and social knowledge of students, as well as shape their civic and patriotic behaviors.

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Review articles

Polityk dwóch epok, taki, jakim (nie) był. Minister Tadeusz Matuszewicz i jego biografia

Piotr Miłosz Pilarczyk

Cracow Studies of Constitutional and Legal History, Volume 17 Issue 1, Volume 17 (2024), pp. 79 - 91

https://doi.org/10.4467/20844131KS.24.005.19462

Tadeusz Matuszewicz was a politician, civil servant, and statesman. He lived at the turn of the 18th and 19th centuries, taking part in several important events of this period, the most significant of which were participation in the drafting of the Constitution of 3 May 1791 and its adoption, and holding the post of the Minister of Treasury both in the Duchy of Warsaw and the Kingdom of Poland. He also took part in the Civil Reform Committee, which prepared changes to the administrative system. The details of Matuszewicz’s biography should therefore illuminate a number of public and legal issues of the era. The reviewed book of Dominika Rychel-Mantur is intended as a biography of Matuszewicz’s public activities. In fact, it only slightly expands the knowledge concerning some aspects of Matuszewicz’s life between 1809 and 1815. Other public activities are either omitted or superficially elaborated. The author did not use the basic archival sources and omitted important pieces of literature on the subject. Many of the findings presented against the source materials used turn out to be untrue due to their misunderstanding or misreading. Unfortunately, Dominika Rychel-Mantur’s book can hardly be regarded as successful.

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Editions of primary sources

Przekład Aktu Związkowego Szwajcarii z 1291 r., sporządzony w 1941 r. w obozie uniwersyteckim w Grangeneuve (Fryburgu). Edycja źródłowa

Izabela Leraczyk

Cracow Studies of Constitutional and Legal History, Volume 17 Issue 1, Volume 17 (2024), pp. 93 - 104

https://doi.org/10.4467/20844131KS.24.006.19463

As head of the Editorial Committee of the Pamiętnik Literacko-Naukowy (Science and Literature Memoir), a magazine of the university camp in Grangeneuve (later Fribourg), Adam Vetulani conducted correspondence with General Bronisław Prugar-Ketling on the subject of creating a publication marking the 650th anniversary of the establishment of Switzerland. While he was preparing a selection of texts to be published in Polish, he sent a translation of the Swiss Confederation Act of 1291 to his commander. As Vetulani indicated, it was the first translation of that document into the Polish language. Unfortunately, as described in the present text, the publication did not come to pass and, therefore, neither did the translation of the Bundesbrief of 1291. The only copy discovered so far can be found in the collections of the Central Military Archive in Warsaw.

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Reviews and review notes

Lewandowski, Michał. Czuję się uprzywilejowana. Z Teresą Romer rozmawia Michał Lewandowski. Lublin: Wydawnictwo Werset, 2023 (ss. 109, ISBN 978-83-670-6485-9)

Szymon Pokrywka

Cracow Studies of Constitutional and Legal History, Volume 17 Issue 1, Volume 17 (2024), pp. 105 - 107

https://doi.org/10.4467/20844131KS.24.007.19464

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Chronicle of scholarly events

„Dziedzictwo prawne. Spotkania naukowe”. Sprawozdanie z posiedzeń naukowych w roku akademickim 2022/2023

Izabela Wasik

Cracow Studies of Constitutional and Legal History, Volume 17 Issue 1, Volume 17 (2024), pp. 109 - 112

https://doi.org/10.4467/20844131KS.24.008.19465

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„Appellatio omnis a sententia iudicis fieri debet. W pięćsetną rocznicę ustanowienia w Polsce apelacji (1523–2023)” (Kraków, 6–7 czerwca 2023 r.)

Kacper Górski

Cracow Studies of Constitutional and Legal History, Volume 17 Issue 1, Volume 17 (2024), pp. 113 - 115

https://doi.org/10.4467/20844131KS.24.009.19466

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Konferencja naukowa „Źródła i współczesność polskich kodeksów: postępowania cywilnego i postępowania karnego. 500-lecie kodyfikacji polskiej procedury sądowej Formula processus” (Sąd Najwyższy, 13 października 2023 roku)

Damian Szczepaniak

Cracow Studies of Constitutional and Legal History, Volume 17 Issue 1, Volume 17 (2024), pp. 117 - 120

https://doi.org/10.4467/20844131KS.24.010.19467

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International Memorial Course Marko Petrak – Roman Legal Tradition and Contemporary Legal Systems (Dubrovnik, October 16–18, 2023)

Filip Kleibert, Jakub Koza

Cracow Studies of Constitutional and Legal History, Volume 17 Issue 1, Volume 17 (2024), pp. 121 - 123

https://doi.org/10.4467/20844131KS.24.011.19468

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Słowa kluczowe: Wrocław, Breslau, fire, fire order, fire regulations, Leon Piniński, possessio, Roman legal studies in Poland, Pandectists, Rudolf von Jhering, Bernhard Windscheid, Polish Criminal Code of 1932, the crime of so-called pedophilia, fornication, legal archaeology, teaching of legal history, teaching of legal archaeology, historical artefacts, Tadeusz Matuszewicz, Duchy of Warsaw, (Congress) Kingdom of Poland, Third May Constitution, Minister of Treasury, biography, Bundesbrief, Federal Charter of 1291, translation, 2nd Rifle Division, Polish soldiers interned in Switzerland, university camps, Adam Vetulani, World War Two, legal education, legal positivism, presentism, antiquarism, legal heritage, legal history, scholarly meeting, academic research, discussion, Formula processus, appeal, appeal proceedings, General Diet, conference, civil procedure, criminal procedure, conference, Formula processus, Old Polish court procedure, Supreme Court, Marko Petrak, Dubrovnik, conference, commemoration, Roman legal tradition

Funding information

The publication was funded by the Faculty of Law and Administration of the Jagiellonian University granted within the Priority Research Area Heritage under the program “Excellence Initiative” at the Jagiellonian University in Krakow.

The journal was supported by the Minister of Education and Science under the programme "Development of scientific journals" for the years 2023-2024 (agreement no. RCN/SP/0307/2021/1).

In 2023 the journal was supported by Grupa Azoty ZAK S.A.