Published: 2021-03-13

Roman Law at Wolna Wszechnica Polska in the Interwar Period

Krzysztof Szczygielski
Zeszyty Prawnicze
Section: Artykuły
https://doi.org/10.21697/zp.2021.21.1.02

Abstract

The private Warsaw college known as Wolna Wszechnica Polska (WWP) was one of the few academic institutions in Poland where Roman law was taught in the interwar period. Roman law lectures were given by Feliks Szenwic (1918-1932), Borys Łapicki (1924-1939), Zdzisław Zmigryder-Konopka (1932-1937), and Włodzimierz Kozubski (1934-1936). In 1928, the WWP opened a branch in Łódź, where Roman law was taught until the outbreak of the Second World War. Unquestionably, the greatest contribution to the teaching of Roman law and Romanist scholarship at WWP came from Borys Łapicki, who was the author of several important books and papers. Although the model of education offered by WWP differed from the standard at the law faculties in Polish universities, this institution played an important role in Polish academic life in the 1920s and ’30s. Roman law as taught at WWP broadened the intellectual horizon of its students and made them aware of the important role that it had played in the shaping of the legal culture of Europe.

Keywords:

Roman law; Wolna Wszechnica Polska; Feliks Szenwic; Borys Łapicki; Zdzisław Zmigryder-Konopka; Włodzimierz Kozubski.

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Szczygielski, K. (2021). Roman Law at Wolna Wszechnica Polska in the Interwar Period. Zeszyty Prawnicze, 21(1), 45–79. https://doi.org/10.21697/zp.2021.21.1.02

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