Warszawa i Lublin jako główne ośrodki obywatelskiego wymiaru sprawiedliwości w Królestwie Polskim w 1915 r.
Warsaw and Lublin as the main centers of civil justice in the Polish Kingdom in 1915

Summary/Abstract: The emergence of civil justice after the evacuation of Russians from the PolishKingdom in 1915. This is one of the most important moments in the history of Polishjudiciary. After more than a century of power invaders there is a chance to regain controlover the administration and the judiciary. Polish lawyers had hoped that the occupiers leavethe judiciary in their hands.Warsaw and Lublin - the fastest two centers operating in the Kingdom havebecome a role model for other courts. Regulations approved by the Committee of Citizens inWarsaw described the organization of the local judicial institutions. Its provisions becamea model for the courts of Lublin, modifications resulted only from local relations. Inaddition to the changes in the organization and structure of the judiciary was introducedinnovations in the rules of substantive law, both civil and criminal. They eased andmodernize the existing legislation of the Russian case studies. The need for theestablishment of the civil courts, as well as their functioning efficiently also testified by thenumber of pending cases.Polish lawyers hope to permanently take over the judiciary in the Kingdom werequickly snuffed out by the occupation authorities. Both in Warsaw and Lublin Polishcitizens' initiative was considered as illegal and brought to its liquidation. However,experience has resulted in a few weeks on September 1 IX 1917 at the time of the recoveryfrom the hands of the occupiers of justice.

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