On Justices of the Peace in the Work of the Codification Commission of the Second Polish Republic Cover Image

O sędziach pokoju w pracach Komisji Kodyfikacyjnej II Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej
On Justices of the Peace in the Work of the Codification Commission of the Second Polish Republic

Author(s): Mariusz Mohyluk
Subject(s): History, Law, Constitution, Jurisprudence, Recent History (1900 till today), Pre-WW I & WW I (1900 -1919), Interwar Period (1920 - 1939)
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu w Białymstoku
Keywords: Codification Commission of the Republic of Poland; law on the system of common courts; judges of peace; justice in the Second Polish Republic

Summary/Abstract: The article presents work on the unification of the Polish judiciary in the Second Republic in the years 1918–1928. It was carried out in three tracks. The initiator of the first moves consisting in unification of district regulations, reorganisation and taking over the judiciary was the government and the Ministry of Justice. Since February 1919, these measures were supported and approved by the Legislative Sejm (later the Sejm). Since November 1919 the burden of work was taken over by the Codification Commission of the Republic of Poland. The aim of this article is to discuss the course of work on the law on the system of common courts within the Codification Committee of the Republic of Poland, with particular emphasis on the provisions on justices of the peace. From this point of view, it will help to solve the main research problem of the article: to what extent did the Polish Codification Commission contribute to shaping the institution of justices of the peace in the Ordinance of the President of the Republic of Poland on Law on the System of Judiciary of 6 February 1928. The article makes use of archival materials, protocols from the sessions of the Codification Commission of the Second Polish Republic, the legal literature of the Second Republic and the current literature on the subject.

  • Issue Year: 20/2021
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 253-280
  • Page Count: 28
  • Language: Polish