Wkład polskich historyków prawa w badania nad prawem magdeburskim w XX w. (1945–2010)

Abstract

The author presents the studies of the legal historians on the role, development and signifi cance of Magdeburg law that began in the Polish territories during the nineteenth century and fl ourished in the interwar period, and – on a larger scale – after World War II. Polish historians` studies were focused on the analysis of sources of Magdeburg law and its local variations. The result was the publication of numerous sources of Magdeburg law, also in Polish translations and with historical comments. The largest contribution to the editing of sources brought professors: K. Koranyi, L. Łysiak, W. Maisel, Z. Rymaszewski and Z. Zdrojkowski. Numerous legal historians have taken detailed study of source texts, which resulted with the interesting elaborations on the social and economic role Wkład polskich historyków prawa w badania nad prawem magdeburskim… 75 of the Magdeburg law and its legal structures: the organization of justice administration, due process, criminal law and private law. The most important descriptions of legal institutions, derived from the system of Magdeburg, was made by professors J. Matuszewski, W. Maisel, Z. Rymaszewski, J. Sondel. In recent years a younger generation of legal historians has taken a new study, especially in the law of Chelm (Chełmno), which was the most common variant of the Magdeburg law in Polish lands.