Rozwój prawa średniowiecznej Walii do 1284 roku – perspektywa historyczna
The Development of Law in Medieval Wales until 1284 – a Historical Perspective

Summary/Abstract: The article shows a progress in researches on Polish parliamentarism in the period of the Polish – Lithuanian Commonwealth. The literature on the old Polish Sejm is currently very extensive. On the basis of archival printed and manuscript sources (especially Sejm’s diaries), the authors prepared monographs of individual parliaments, then the synthesis of longer periods in the history of the parliament, and finally they became interested in particular problems of the parliamentary system. The main examples of the research directions are indicated. In the conclusion, the author suggested, that it would be appropriate to examine specific issues such as the nature of the parliamentary mandate, because to this day, views from the 19th century are reiterated in historical literature. The article discusses the development of Welsh law from the earliest recorded times until 1284, in which year the Statute of Rhuddlan was enacted by Edward I to be binding in the English-dominated Principality. It provides major historical phases of the evolution of Welsh law, such as the pre-Roman times, Roman times, the Anglo-Norman colonization of Wales, and, finally, the Welsh Wars of Independence of 1276–1277 and 1282–1283. Alongside investigating Welsh medieval law, the article gives insight into Wales’ complicated history and her relations with other countries such as Ireland and England.

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