%0 Journal Article
%T The Lithuanian Convocation of 1615. Research on the Procedure for Adopting Convocation Resolutions
%A Łopatecki, Karol
%J Cracow Studies of Constitutional and Legal History
%V Volume 12 (2019)
%R 10.4467/20844131KS.19.024.11642
%N Volume 12, Issue 4
%P 493-522
%K parliamentarism of the 17th century, Grand Duchy of Lithuania, Lithuanian convocations, tax resolutions, legislative process
%@ 2084-4115
%D 2019
%U https://ejournals.eu/en/journal/kshpp/article/konwokacja-litewska-1615-roku-z-badan-nad-procedura-przyjmowania-uchwal-konwokacyjnych
%X 
	The article presents the circumstances of the convening of the Lithuanian convocation of 1615, along with the course of the event and the resolutions it considered, with special consideration of the procedure for enacting law in this form of parliamentary assembly. Before the convocation could be convened, deputies had to be elected at pre-convocation sejmiks. Then, the deputies and the senators had to assemble at the time and place specified in the royal legacja. The sessions of the 1615 convocation lasted from May 21st to June 5th and took place in two chambers. There were at least 6 senators and more than 50 deputies. The resolutions passed during the convocation can be divided into 31 issues. They were recorded, and messengers were appointed at the convocation to carry their contents to the king. It was only after the monarch expressed his consent that the tax resolutions and legal standards became the applicable law. Sigismund III rejected three resolutions, modified two, and approved eighteen. The article presents in detail the output of the convocation, both in terms of passing tax laws and enacting other entirely new laws. 

	* Artykuł powstał w ramach projektu badawczego Narodowego Centrum Nauki SONATA, nr 2016/23/D/HS3/03210 pt. „Rewolucja militarna jako czynnik modernizacyjny skarbowości i organizacji państwa polsko-litewskiego na tle europejskim”.