Profesor Ľudovít Knappek a jeho podiel na budovaní odboru cirkevného práva na Právnickej fakulte Univerzity Komenského v Bratislave
Professor Ľudovít Knappek and His Contribution to Establishment of the Discipline of Canon Law at the Faculty of Law of Comenius Uni¬versity in Bratislava

Summary/Abstract: On the basis of archival documents and scientific literature, the author of submitted paper attempts to reconstruct the professional biography of Professor Ľudovít Knappek, who ranks among the most significant representatives of Czechoslovak and Slovak jurisprudence in the field of canon law. While the substantial part of analysed archival documents provides valuable information about his career growth and development, his most remarkable scientific works, which are discussed in the paper, enable us to view him as a skilled professional, versed in history of canon law, as well as in actual problems of contemporary practice of confessional law. The main goal of presented study is therefore to introduce professor Knappek as a versatile and gifted scientist and also official, who used his professional skills and knowledge in order to bolster the teaching and research of canon law at the newly established faculty of law of the Comenius University in Bratislava. Furthermore, the author´s aim is to offer a wholly new and detailed information about his foreign study stays (especially the stays in Berlin and Rome in the 30s of 20th century), which strongly influenced his scientific orientation on the medieval history of canon law in the Kingdom of Hungary. The author also expresses his opinion on the final years of professor Knappek´s career at the Bratislava faculty of law during the Second World War, which was judged very strictly by the representatives of post-war Slovak executive and which was presented as the official reason for his final dismissal from the faculty.

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