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The history of political system and law in Poland

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Course ID: WP-PR-HP
Erasmus code / ISCED: (unknown) / (unknown)
Course title: The history of political system and law in Poland
Name in Polish: Historia ustroju i prawa w Polsce
Organizational unit: Faculty of Law and Administration
Course groups: (in Polish) Przedmioty obowiązkowe dla pierwszego roku Prawa
ECTS credit allocation (and other scores): 3.00 Basic information on ECTS credits allocation principles:
  • the annual hourly workload of the student’s work required to achieve the expected learning outcomes for a given stage is 1500-1800h, corresponding to 60 ECTS;
  • the student’s weekly hourly workload is 45 h;
  • 1 ECTS point corresponds to 25-30 hours of student work needed to achieve the assumed learning outcomes;
  • weekly student workload necessary to achieve the assumed learning outcomes allows to obtain 1.5 ECTS;
  • work required to pass the course, which has been assigned 3 ECTS, constitutes 10% of the semester student load.

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Language: Polish
(in Polish) Punkty ECTS:

(in Polish) 8

Subject level:

elementary

Learning outcome code/codes:

PR_W01

PR_W02

PR_W03

PR_W09

Short description:

Aims and objectives

(general):

Importance of the history of their home for a general legal education. Knowledge of the origin and evolution of political institutions and prawnosądowych determines the correct analysis and understanding of contemporary law.

Aims and objectives

(details):

Presentation of the evolution of the Polish state, with particular emphasis on parliamentarism, constitutionalism, the organization of the public administration and the origins and functioning of local government. Administration of justice. Overview of the Polish law (substantive and procedural) in particular epochs.

Full description:

1 Initial issues . Periodization of the history of the system and the law in Poland. (2 hrs . )

2 Former Polish State (1795 ) . (11 hrs . ) The beginnings of Polish statehood. Polish attitude to the Empire and the Papacy. Statute of Boleslaw Boleslaw (1138 ) . Fragmentation district . Customary law . Positive law . The scope of influence of foreign laws on relations in Poland. Range of German law. Judiciary . Crown of the Polish Kingdom. State Organization of state . Position monarch. Shaping the representation of the state (after 1320 ) . Polish-Lithuanian Union (1385 ) . Judiciary . Medieval judicial law . The Union of Lublin (1569 ) . Parliament of the Republic of Both Nations . The political position of the king. Henrician Articles (1573 ) . Governments assemblies . Forms of self-government . Justice and judicial law of the Republic noble . Political reforms in times of Stanislas . Legislation Great Sejm . The Constitution of 3.V.1791 the insurgent authorities (1794 ) . The evolution of the shape of the territorial- administrative state. Partitions and fall of the Polish (1795 ) .

3 The history of post-partition (1772/1795 ? 1918 ) . (12 hrs . ) Forms of statehood on the central Polish lands ( 1807-1915 ) . The creation of the Duchy of Warsaw (1807 ) and the Polish Kingdom (1815 ) . Giving constitutional Duchy of Warsaw (1807 ) and the Kingdom of Poland (1815 , 1832) . Parliamentary system . Central Administration and Governance . The organization of the insurgent government in the years 1830/1831 and 1863/1864 . Municipal self-government in the Polish Kingdom (1864 ) . Liquidation of political autonomy of the Polish Kingdom . The organization of the judiciary. The annexation of Austria ( 1809-1914 ) . The creation of the Free City of Krakow. Giving the Constitution (1815 , 1818 , 1833 ) . The Legislature . Administration (up to 1846 ) . Autonomy of Galicia after posting the Statute of the National (1861) . National authorities and government . Local self-government . Judiciary . The Prussian partition ( 1807-1914 ) . Creating and distinct constitutional Grand Duchy of Posen ( 1815 ) . Provincial Sejm . Province of Poznan . Administration . Local self-government . Judiciary . Administration, on Polish soil during World War II. Changes in territorial- administrative divisions of the Polish territories under occupation .

4 Second Republic (1918-1939 ) . Poland under double occupation war (1939-1945 ) . ( 10 hrs . )

Acts political system after independence in 1918, the enactment of legislation . Small Constitution of 1919 enactment of the Basic Law in 1921 August Amendment of 1926, the adoption of a new constitution in 1935 Government type parliamentary system. Organization of the central administration . Territorial Administration (state government and local government ) . Justice . Law and criminal proceedings and civil and labor law . Representative bodies of the Polish Underground State. Administration of the Polish lands during the German occupation and the 1941 Soviet territorial shape of the Second Republic and the changes during the Second World War. ( 1918-1944/1945 ) .

5 Poland China ( 1944-1989 ) . (10 hrs . ) Rise of the Polish People's Republic ( since 1944 ) . The forms depending on the Soviet Union. National Council . Polish Committee of National Liberation , the Provisional Government and the Provisional Government of National Unity. Legislative Sejm . Small Constitution of 1947 Liquidation of local self-government (1950 ) . PRL Constitution of 1952 and its amendments . Politics and public administration . Central Administration . Changes in the organization of local administration . Administration reform ( 1972-1975 ) . Justice . Law and Criminal and civil penalties . Labour law and social security . The creation and importance of Trade Union ? Solidarity . The introduction of martial law in 1981 Role ? Round table ? (1989) . Program political reforms . Restoration of local government in the municipality (1990 ) . Constitutional practice in the years 1952-1989/1990 . The evolution of the shape of the territorial- administrative state in the period

Bibliography:

The main book: (1. M. Kallas, Historia ustroju Polski, Warszawa 2007; 2. D. Makiłła, Historia prawa w Polsce, Warszawa 2008).

Complementary books: (1. Bardach J., Leśnodorski B., Pietrzak M., Historia ustroju i prawa sądowego, Warszawa 2007; 2. Jarek P., Historia państwa i prawa polskiego. Źródła prawa. Sądownictwo, Wrocław 1996; 3. Lityński A., Historia prawa Polski Ludowej, Warszawa 2007; 4. Maciejewski T., Historia ustroju i prawa sądowego Polski, Warszawa 2008; 5. Korobowicz A., Witkowski W., Historia ustroju i prawa polskiego (1772-1918), Zakamycze 2003)

Efekty kształcenia i opis ECTS: (in Polish)

PR_W01

Student zna i rozumie charakter i znaczenie nauk historyczno-prawnych oraz ich relację do innych nauk, a także sposób definiowania pojęć i instytucji właściwych dla historii prawa

PR_W02

Student zna i rozumie źródła i charakter norm prawa publicznego i prywatnego w aspekcie historycznym

PR_W03

Student zna i rozumie proces kształtowania się norm i instytucji prawnych w historii Polski

PR_W09

Student zna i rozumie proces zmian norm, instytucji oraz stosunków prawnych, a także reguł nim rządzących, w aspekcie historycznym.

OPIS ECTS:

Udział w wykładzie - 30 h

Przygotowanie do egzaminu - 30 h

Samodzielna analiza materiałów źródłowych - 28 h

Konsultacje - 2 h

Suma godzin: 90 = ok. 3 ECTS

Assessment methods and assessment criteria:

Teaching methods used to achieve the objectives in the area of ​​expertise are: interactive lecture, lecture informative lecture problem.

Verification of learning outcomes in the area of ​​knowledge is achieved through a written examination.

Classes in period "Winter semester 2021/22" (past)

Time span: 2021-10-01 - 2022-01-31
Selected timetable range:
Navigate to timetable
Type of class:
Lectures, 30 hours more information
Coordinators: Sławomir Godek
Group instructors: Sławomir Godek
Students list: (inaccessible to you)
Examination: Course - examination
Lectures - examination
(in Polish) E-Learning:

(in Polish) E-Learning (pełny kurs) z podziałem na grupy

Type of subject:

obligatory

(in Polish) Grupa przedmiotów ogólnouczenianych:

(in Polish) nie dotyczy

Short description:

Aims and objectives

(general):

Importance of the history of their home for a general legal education. Knowledge of the origin and evolution of political institutions and prawnosądowych determines the correct analysis and understanding of contemporary law.

Aims and objectives

(details):

Presentation of the evolution of the Polish state, with particular emphasis on parliamentarism, constitutionalism, the organization of the public administration and the origins and functioning of local government. Administration of justice. Overview of the Polish law (substantive and procedural) in particular epochs.

Full description:

1 Initial issues . Periodization of the history of the system and the law in Poland.

2 Former Polish State (1795 ) . The beginnings of Polish statehood. Polish attitude to the Empire and the Papacy. Statute of Boleslaw Boleslaw (1138 ) . Fragmentation district . Customary law . Positive law . The scope of influence of foreign laws on relations in Poland. Range of German law. Judiciary . Crown of the Polish Kingdom. State Organization of state . Position monarch. Shaping the representation of the state (after 1320 ) . Polish-Lithuanian Union (1385 ) . Judiciary . Medieval judicial law . The Union of Lublin (1569 ) . Parliament of the Republic of Both Nations . The political position of the king. Henrician Articles (1573 ) . Governments assemblies . Forms of self-government . Justice and judicial law of the Republic noble . Political reforms in times of Stanislas . Legislation Great Sejm . The Constitution of 3.V.1791 the insurgent authorities (1794 ) . The evolution of the shape of the territorial- administrative state. Partitions and fall of the Polish (1795 ) .

3 The history of post-partition (1772/1795 ? 1918 ) . Forms of statehood on the central Polish lands ( 1807-1915 ) . The creation of the Duchy of Warsaw (1807 ) and the Polish Kingdom (1815 ) . Giving constitutional Duchy of Warsaw (1807 ) and the Kingdom of Poland (1815 , 1832) . Parliamentary system . Central Administration and Governance . The organization of the insurgent government in the years 1830/1831 and 1863/1864 . Municipal self-government in the Polish Kingdom (1864 ) . Liquidation of political autonomy of the Polish Kingdom . The organization of the judiciary. The annexation of Austria ( 1809-1914 ) . The creation of the Free City of Krakow. Giving the Constitution (1815 , 1818 , 1833 ) . The Legislature . Administration (up to 1846 ) . Autonomy of Galicia after posting the Statute of the National (1861) . National authorities and government . Local self-government . Judiciary . The Prussian partition ( 1807-1914 ) . Creating and distinct constitutional Grand Duchy of Posen ( 1815 ) . Provincial Sejm . Province of Poznan . Administration . Local self-government . Judiciary . Administration, on Polish soil during World War II. Changes in territorial- administrative divisions of the Polish territories under occupation .

4 Second Republic (1918-1939 ) . Poland under double occupation war (1939-1945 ) .

Acts political system after independence in 1918, the enactment of legislation . Small Constitution of 1919 enactment of the Basic Law in 1921 August Amendment of 1926, the adoption of a new constitution in 1935 Government type parliamentary system. Organization of the central administration . Territorial Administration (state government and local government ) . Justice . Law and criminal proceedings and civil and labor law . Representative bodies of the Polish Underground State. Administration of the Polish lands during the German occupation and the 1941 Soviet territorial shape of the Second Republic and the changes during the Second World War. ( 1918-1944/1945 ) .

5 Poland China ( 1944-1989 ) . Rise of the Polish People's Republic ( since 1944 ) . The forms depending on the Soviet Union. National Council . Polish Committee of National Liberation , the Provisional Government and the Provisional Government of National Unity. Legislative Sejm . Small Constitution of 1947 Liquidation of local self-government (1950 ) . PRL Constitution of 1952 and its amendments . Politics and public administration . Central Administration . Changes in the organization of local administration . Administration reform ( 1972-1975 ) . Justice . Law and Criminal and civil penalties . Labour law and social security . The creation and importance of Trade Union ? Solidarity . The introduction of martial law in 1981 Role ? Round table ? (1989) . Program political reforms . Restoration of local government in the municipality (1990 ) . Constitutional practice in the years 1952-1989/1990 . The evolution of the shape of the territorial- administrative state in the period.

Bibliography:

Main books: (1. J. Bardach, B. Leśnodorski, M. Pietrzak, Historia ustroju i prawa polskiego, Warszawa 2001; 2. M. Kallas, Historia ustroju Polski, Warszawa 2007; 3. D. Makiłła, Historia prawa w Polsce, Warszawa 2008;)

Complementary books: (1. A. Ajnenkiel, Konstytucje Polski w rozwoju dziejowym 1791-1997, Warszawa 2001; 2. M. Kallas, A. Lityński, Historia ustroju i prawa Polski Ludowej, Warszawa 2000; 3. Konstytucje Polski, t. 1-2, red. M. Kallas, Warszawa 1990; 3. T. Maciejewski, Historia ustroju i prawa sądowego Polski, Warszawa 2008; 4. S. Płaza, Historia prawa w Polsce na tle porównawczym, cz. 1-3, Kraków 2001-2002; 5. W. Uruszczak, Historia państwa i prawa polskiego, t. I 966-1765, Warszawa 2010)

Wymagania wstępne:

No

Classes in period "Winter semester 2022/23" (past)

Time span: 2022-10-01 - 2023-01-31
Selected timetable range:
Navigate to timetable
Type of class:
Lectures, 30 hours more information
Coordinators: Sławomir Godek
Group instructors: Sławomir Godek
Students list: (inaccessible to you)
Examination: Course - examination
Lectures - examination
(in Polish) E-Learning:

(in Polish) E-Learning (pełny kurs) z podziałem na grupy

Type of subject:

obligatory

(in Polish) Grupa przedmiotów ogólnouczenianych:

(in Polish) nie dotyczy

Short description:

Aims and objectives

(general):

Importance of the history of their home for a general legal education. Knowledge of the origin and evolution of political institutions and prawnosądowych determines the correct analysis and understanding of contemporary law.

Aims and objectives

(details):

Presentation of the evolution of the Polish state, with particular emphasis on parliamentarism, constitutionalism, the organization of the public administration and the origins and functioning of local government. Administration of justice. Overview of the Polish law (substantive and procedural) in particular epochs.

Full description:

1 Initial issues . Periodization of the history of the system and the law in Poland.

2 Former Polish State (1795 ) . The beginnings of Polish statehood. Polish attitude to the Empire and the Papacy. Statute of Boleslaw Boleslaw (1138 ) . Fragmentation district . Customary law . Positive law . The scope of influence of foreign laws on relations in Poland. Range of German law. Judiciary . Crown of the Polish Kingdom. State Organization of state . Position monarch. Shaping the representation of the state (after 1320 ) . Polish-Lithuanian Union (1385 ) . Judiciary . Medieval judicial law . The Union of Lublin (1569 ) . Parliament of the Republic of Both Nations . The political position of the king. Henrician Articles (1573 ) . Governments assemblies . Forms of self-government . Justice and judicial law of the Republic noble . Political reforms in times of Stanislas . Legislation Great Sejm . The Constitution of 3.V.1791 the insurgent authorities (1794 ) . The evolution of the shape of the territorial- administrative state. Partitions and fall of the Polish (1795 ) .

3 The history of post-partition (1772/1795 ? 1918 ) . Forms of statehood on the central Polish lands ( 1807-1915 ) . The creation of the Duchy of Warsaw (1807 ) and the Polish Kingdom (1815 ) . Giving constitutional Duchy of Warsaw (1807 ) and the Kingdom of Poland (1815 , 1832) . Parliamentary system . Central Administration and Governance . The organization of the insurgent government in the years 1830/1831 and 1863/1864 . Municipal self-government in the Polish Kingdom (1864 ) . Liquidation of political autonomy of the Polish Kingdom . The organization of the judiciary. The annexation of Austria ( 1809-1914 ) . The creation of the Free City of Krakow. Giving the Constitution (1815 , 1818 , 1833 ) . The Legislature . Administration (up to 1846 ) . Autonomy of Galicia after posting the Statute of the National (1861) . National authorities and government . Local self-government . Judiciary . The Prussian partition ( 1807-1914 ) . Creating and distinct constitutional Grand Duchy of Posen ( 1815 ) . Provincial Sejm . Province of Poznan . Administration . Local self-government . Judiciary . Administration, on Polish soil during World War II. Changes in territorial- administrative divisions of the Polish territories under occupation .

4 Second Republic (1918-1939 ) . Poland under double occupation war (1939-1945 ) .

Acts political system after independence in 1918, the enactment of legislation . Small Constitution of 1919 enactment of the Basic Law in 1921 August Amendment of 1926, the adoption of a new constitution in 1935 Government type parliamentary system. Organization of the central administration . Territorial Administration (state government and local government ) . Justice . Law and criminal proceedings and civil and labor law . Representative bodies of the Polish Underground State. Administration of the Polish lands during the German occupation and the 1941 Soviet territorial shape of the Second Republic and the changes during the Second World War. ( 1918-1944/1945 ) .

5 Poland China ( 1944-1989 ) . Rise of the Polish People's Republic ( since 1944 ) . The forms depending on the Soviet Union. National Council . Polish Committee of National Liberation , the Provisional Government and the Provisional Government of National Unity. Legislative Sejm . Small Constitution of 1947 Liquidation of local self-government (1950 ) . PRL Constitution of 1952 and its amendments . Politics and public administration . Central Administration . Changes in the organization of local administration . Administration reform ( 1972-1975 ) . Justice . Law and Criminal and civil penalties . Labour law and social security . The creation and importance of Trade Union ? Solidarity . The introduction of martial law in 1981 Role ? Round table ? (1989) . Program political reforms . Restoration of local government in the municipality (1990 ) . Constitutional practice in the years 1952-1989/1990 . The evolution of the shape of the territorial- administrative state in the period.

Bibliography:

Main books: (1. J. Bardach, B. Leśnodorski, M. Pietrzak, Historia ustroju i prawa polskiego, Warszawa 2001; 2. M. Kallas, Historia ustroju Polski, Warszawa 2007; 3. D. Makiłła, Historia prawa w Polsce, Warszawa 2008;)

Complementary books: (1. A. Ajnenkiel, Konstytucje Polski w rozwoju dziejowym 1791-1997, Warszawa 2001; 2. M. Kallas, A. Lityński, Historia ustroju i prawa Polski Ludowej, Warszawa 2000; 3. Konstytucje Polski, t. 1-2, red. M. Kallas, Warszawa 1990; 3. T. Maciejewski, Historia ustroju i prawa sądowego Polski, Warszawa 2008; 4. S. Płaza, Historia prawa w Polsce na tle porównawczym, cz. 1-3, Kraków 2001-2002; 5. W. Uruszczak, Historia państwa i prawa polskiego, t. I 966-1765, Warszawa 2010)

Wymagania wstępne:

No

Classes in period "Winter semester 2023/24" (past)

Time span: 2023-10-01 - 2024-01-31
Selected timetable range:
Navigate to timetable
Type of class:
Lectures, 30 hours more information
Coordinators: Sławomir Godek
Group instructors: Sławomir Godek
Students list: (inaccessible to you)
Examination: Course - examination
Lectures - examination
(in Polish) E-Learning:

(in Polish) E-Learning (pełny kurs) z podziałem na grupy

Type of subject:

obligatory

(in Polish) Grupa przedmiotów ogólnouczenianych:

(in Polish) nie dotyczy

Short description:

Aims and objectives

(general):

Importance of the history of their home for a general legal education. Knowledge of the origin and evolution of political institutions and prawnosądowych determines the correct analysis and understanding of contemporary law.

Aims and objectives

(details):

Presentation of the evolution of the Polish state, with particular emphasis on parliamentarism, constitutionalism, the organization of the public administration and the origins and functioning of local government. Administration of justice. Overview of the Polish law (substantive and procedural) in particular epochs.

Full description:

1 Initial issues . Periodization of the history of the system and the law in Poland.

2 Former Polish State (1795 ) . The beginnings of Polish statehood. Polish attitude to the Empire and the Papacy. Statute of Boleslaw Boleslaw (1138 ) . Fragmentation district . Customary law . Positive law . The scope of influence of foreign laws on relations in Poland. Range of German law. Judiciary . Crown of the Polish Kingdom. State Organization of state . Position monarch. Shaping the representation of the state (after 1320 ) . Polish-Lithuanian Union (1385 ) . Judiciary . Medieval judicial law . The Union of Lublin (1569 ) . Parliament of the Republic of Both Nations . The political position of the king. Henrician Articles (1573 ) . Governments assemblies . Forms of self-government . Justice and judicial law of the Republic noble . Political reforms in times of Stanislas . Legislation Great Sejm . The Constitution of 3.V.1791 the insurgent authorities (1794 ) . The evolution of the shape of the territorial- administrative state. Partitions and fall of the Polish (1795 ) .

3 The history of post-partition (1772/1795 ? 1918 ) . Forms of statehood on the central Polish lands ( 1807-1915 ) . The creation of the Duchy of Warsaw (1807 ) and the Polish Kingdom (1815 ) . Giving constitutional Duchy of Warsaw (1807 ) and the Kingdom of Poland (1815 , 1832) . Parliamentary system . Central Administration and Governance . The organization of the insurgent government in the years 1830/1831 and 1863/1864 . Municipal self-government in the Polish Kingdom (1864 ) . Liquidation of political autonomy of the Polish Kingdom . The organization of the judiciary. The annexation of Austria ( 1809-1914 ) . The creation of the Free City of Krakow. Giving the Constitution (1815 , 1818 , 1833 ) . The Legislature . Administration (up to 1846 ) . Autonomy of Galicia after posting the Statute of the National (1861) . National authorities and government . Local self-government . Judiciary . The Prussian partition ( 1807-1914 ) . Creating and distinct constitutional Grand Duchy of Posen ( 1815 ) . Provincial Sejm . Province of Poznan . Administration . Local self-government . Judiciary . Administration, on Polish soil during World War II. Changes in territorial- administrative divisions of the Polish territories under occupation .

4 Second Republic (1918-1939 ) . Poland under double occupation war (1939-1945 ) .

Acts political system after independence in 1918, the enactment of legislation . Small Constitution of 1919 enactment of the Basic Law in 1921 August Amendment of 1926, the adoption of a new constitution in 1935 Government type parliamentary system. Organization of the central administration . Territorial Administration (state government and local government ) . Justice . Law and criminal proceedings and civil and labor law . Representative bodies of the Polish Underground State. Administration of the Polish lands during the German occupation and the 1941 Soviet territorial shape of the Second Republic and the changes during the Second World War. ( 1918-1944/1945 ) .

5 Poland China ( 1944-1989 ) . Rise of the Polish People's Republic ( since 1944 ) . The forms depending on the Soviet Union. National Council . Polish Committee of National Liberation , the Provisional Government and the Provisional Government of National Unity. Legislative Sejm . Small Constitution of 1947 Liquidation of local self-government (1950 ) . PRL Constitution of 1952 and its amendments . Politics and public administration . Central Administration . Changes in the organization of local administration . Administration reform ( 1972-1975 ) . Justice . Law and Criminal and civil penalties . Labour law and social security . The creation and importance of Trade Union ? Solidarity . The introduction of martial law in 1981 Role ? Round table ? (1989) . Program political reforms . Restoration of local government in the municipality (1990 ) . Constitutional practice in the years 1952-1989/1990 . The evolution of the shape of the territorial- administrative state in the period.

Bibliography:

Main books: (1. J. Bardach, B. Leśnodorski, M. Pietrzak, Historia ustroju i prawa polskiego, Warszawa 2001; 2. M. Kallas, Historia ustroju Polski, Warszawa 2007; 3. D. Makiłła, Historia prawa w Polsce, Warszawa 2008;)

Complementary books: (1. A. Ajnenkiel, Konstytucje Polski w rozwoju dziejowym 1791-1997, Warszawa 2001; 2. M. Kallas, A. Lityński, Historia ustroju i prawa Polski Ludowej, Warszawa 2000; 3. Konstytucje Polski, t. 1-2, red. M. Kallas, Warszawa 1990; 3. T. Maciejewski, Historia ustroju i prawa sądowego Polski, Warszawa 2008; 4. S. Płaza, Historia prawa w Polsce na tle porównawczym, cz. 1-3, Kraków 2001-2002; 5. W. Uruszczak, Historia państwa i prawa polskiego, t. I 966-1765, Warszawa 2010)

Wymagania wstępne:

No

Classes in period "Winter semester 2024/25" (future)

Time span: 2024-10-01 - 2025-01-31
Selected timetable range:
Navigate to timetable
Type of class:
Lectures, 30 hours more information
Coordinators: Sławomir Godek
Group instructors: Sławomir Godek
Students list: (inaccessible to you)
Examination: Course - examination
Lectures - examination
Type of subject:

obligatory

(in Polish) Grupa przedmiotów ogólnouczenianych:

(in Polish) nie dotyczy

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