Dochody czy służba? Zabezpieczenie urzędników sądowych: II Statut Litewski a rzeczywistość Wołynia w końcu XVI i na początku XVII wieku
Service or a Source of Income? Provisions for Court Officials: the Second Statute of Lithuania and the Practice (Volhynia, the Late Sixteenth – Early Seventeenth Century)
Author(s): Natalia StarczenkoSubject(s): Public Administration, Public Law, 16th Century, 17th Century, Corruption - Transparency - Anti-Corruption
Published by: Instytut Historii im. Tadeusza Manteuffla Polskiej Akademii Nauk
Keywords: court officials; the patron/client system; corruption; judiciary; Volhynia;
Summary/Abstract: The primary goal of the article is to analyse how the office of court officials was perceived based on late 16th century sources from the Volhynian Voivodeship: as a service to the patron, a source of income or a service to the community of the nobility. The analysis of court officials’ loyalties within the patron/client system, which informed the configuration of public life, and an analysis of the officials’ income, provides an answers to the question.
Journal: Rocznik Lituanistyczny
- Issue Year: 2022
- Issue No: 8
- Page Range: 113-141
- Page Count: 29
- Language: Polish