The article investigates the role and significance of well-known personalities in Civil Law and Process at the Law Faculty of Lviv University at the end of the nineteenth till the middle of the twentieth centuries. The role of many professors and scholars in Civil Law at the Law Faculty namely Stanislav Dnistriansky, Volodymyr Verhanovsky, Roman Longchamps de Berier, Ernest Till, Kamil Stefko, Tadeush Kosinsky, Adam Karpushko, Yusef Fiema have been clarified. Civil and Constitutional Law were among scientific interests of S. Dnistriansky. He created his own concept of state and law. S. Dnistriansky also worked on creation and standardization of Ukrainian law terms. The scientist is considered to be the founder of national and statist direction in Ukrainian political science, the author of political concept of the Ukrainian state. The Ukrainian Volodymyr Verhanovsky was an associate professor in Private Ausrian Civil Process in Ukrainian languge of teaching at Lviv University in 1908-1918. As a scholar he was interested first of all in Civil Law. Civics was greatly developed at the Law Faculty of Lviv University during the interwar period. Leading experts in this field were Roman Longchamps de Berier, Ernest Till (Civil Law) and Kamil Stefko (Civil Process). In 1906–1920, R. Longchamps de Berier worked in the Prosecutor's office. In 1920–1922, he was an Honourable Professor, and from 1922 he became a Full Professor of Civil Law Department at Lviv University. In 1930, the scientist became one of the initiators of establishing judicial school at the Law Faculty of Lviv University. In 1928 R. Longchamps de Berier together with E. Till published the work «Polish Contractual Right» («Polskie prawo zobowiązań»). The scientists elaborated it as advisors of the Codification Committee in Civil Code of Polish Republic. We are going to set an example of the problem of Civil Law that was scientifically interpreted and analyzed by E. Till and R. Longchamps de Berier. It was concerned the questions of alliance institution. Scientists wrote that under the Napoleonic and Austrian Codes, the essential condition for the alliance existence is the purpose of earnings. However, they argued that the concept of «alliance» should not be limited only to the purpose of earnings. E. Till and R. Longchamps de Berier, considered that funds serve to achieve the common goal of alliance members and are its property for essential alliance existence. These joint funds are saved up owing to contributions. The main responsibility of alliance members is to make contributions. Among other responsibilities, which may be specified in the alliance charter are thrift, avoidance of competition, collaboration for the achievement of alliance goal, etc. Kamil Stefko investigated sources of international law, international community laws, and various international acts. The investigation «Diplomatic Exemption from Jurisdiction in Civil Cases» («Dyplomatyczne zwolnienia od jurysdykcy w sprawach cywilnych») belongs to Lviv period of K. Stefko’s activity. The article represents the contribution of professors, and teachers to the development of Civil Law and Process as the science, submission of law proposals, formulation of laws. The development of Civil Law and Process as the science and its tendencies at the Law Faculty of Lviv University have been clarified.
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Dec 1, 2018
Kim Jung-Hyun 
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