Wincenty Skrzetuski o „sądach zadwornych”
Wincenty Skrzetuski on landed estate courts

Summary/Abstract: Wincenty Skrzetuski was a renown pedagogue, historian, lawyer, and political writer of the Stanislavian age. The aim of the present article is to discuss his views upon the so‑called landed estate court (sąd zadworny), which included the relational court, the assessorial court, and the referendary court. Skrzetuski formulated his thoughts on this institution in the prominent work known as Prawo polityczne narodu polskiego [Political law of the Polish nation] published in the years 1782—1784. In this publication, he discussed the history of each of the aforementioned courts, as well as their structure, functioning and the scope of cases adequate for them.

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