OD NAMIESTNIKA DO WOJEWODY. LIKWIDACJA ZABORCZEGO SYSTEMU PRAWNO-ADMINISTRACYJNEGO W GALICJI W OKRESIE BUDOWY II RZECZYPOSPOLITEJ (1918–1921). WYBRANE ZAGADNIENIA
FROM VICEROY TO VOIVODE. LIQUIDATION OF LEGAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE SYSTEM IN GALICIA FROM THE TIME OF PARTITIONS IN CONSTRUCTION PERIOD OF SECOND REPUBLIC (1918–1921). SELECTED ISSUES

Summary/Abstract: The Polish State, after the years of partitions after the World War I, beside the fight for borders,was forced to undertake some actions to unify law and administration of the lands that had been in different systems of the partitioning countries. One of the more difficult challenges was regulation of the territory of the former Austrian partition. Especially in Eastern Galicia, hardbitten in the World War I, the Polish-Ukrainian War, and the Polish-Bolshevik War. In the first days of November 1918 the Polish authorities in Warsaw delivered the authorities of the Austrian Empire their position to take over Galicia. On the territory, destroyed due to war actions, the Poles introduced new regulations and administration. It happened gradually, when fights moved eastward and peace conditions were introduced. On the turn of 1918/1919 the Chief of State Jozef Piłsudski issued first decrees that concerned organization of the administration, administration of justice, police, and finances on the territory of Galicia. In 1919 the first Polish Parliament – Sejm started its activity. Then the process of law unification started, concerning among others the lands of southeastern Poland. After the Polish-Bolshevik War, in 1921 the territory was divided into four provinces (Voivodeships): the Krakowskie Province, the Lwowskie Province, the Tarnopolskie Province, and Stanisławowskie Province. Provincial administration started their activity. In the years 1918–1922 the main legal and administrative structures of the State were shaped on the territory of southeastern Poland (the territory of the former Austrian partition).

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