Szkic do dziejów tzw. romanistyki marksistowskiej
A sketch for the history of the so-called Marxist Romanistics

Summary/Abstract: Marxist Romanistics meant a new trend in the study of Roman law, moving away from the formalism and dogmatism of traditional bourgeois Romanistics and juxtaposing it creatively with a new methodology of dialectic and historical materialism, with particular emphasis on class struggle. The place of this ideological expansion was, first and foremost, the countries which came under the influence of the USSR. The leading role was played by Czechoslovakian studies under the guidance of the Czech romanist, Professor Milan Bartošek, who was even considered a “herald of Marxist Romanistics.” In other countries of the socialist bloc the romanists gave in to new influences to a lesser and more varied extent. Poland and Hungary retained the most independent position, the drastic exception being the German Democratic Republic, where the whole science of law was reduced in general, and Roman law as an academic subject and scientific discipline ceased to exist. Although history has outmoded these theses and programmes, including Marxist Romanistics, an interesting historical contribution to the history of Roman law has remained.

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