Published: 2018-03-15

Roman Law in Poland in the period of 1939-1945

Bożena Anna Czech-Jezierska , Antoni Dębiński
Zeszyty Prawnicze
Section: Artykuły
https://doi.org/10.21697/zp.2017.17.3.01

Abstract

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Te article is an attempt to establish the role and significance of Roman law in Poland in 1939-1945. Te authors analyse two principal problems: the place of Roman law in university education at this time and the attitude of both invading powers to the ius Romanum During their wartime occupation of Poland both the Nazi German and Soviet Russian regimes tried to destroy the Polish educational system by closing down the grammar schools and universities. They conducted an ideological campaign attacking the ideas behind Roman law. But despite the difficulties, Roman law continued to be taught in the secret university courses in law conducted throughout occupied Poland. Regarded as a universal symbol of fairness and truly humane justice, Roman law was the very opposite of the inhuman law imposed on Poland during the Second World War. In 1939-1945 the invaders cast aside the ideas and fundamental human values of Roman law, replacing them with their own draconian wartime regulations.

Keywords:

Roman law, jurisprudence in Poland, Stalinism, Marxism, totalitarian states, secret education

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Czech-Jezierska, B. A., & Dębiński, A. (2018). Roman Law in Poland in the period of 1939-1945. Zeszyty Prawnicze, 17(3), 5–45. https://doi.org/10.21697/zp.2017.17.3.01

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