Jan Kanty Rzesiński – Cracovian Roman Law and Legal History Scholar of 19th Century Cover Image

Jan Kanty Rzesiński – dziewiętnastowieczny krakowski romanista i historyk prawa (część II)
Jan Kanty Rzesiński – Cracovian Roman Law and Legal History Scholar of 19th Century

Author(s): Łukasz Jan Korporowicz
Subject(s): History, Philosophy, Law, Constitution, Jurisprudence, Local History / Microhistory, Modern Age, 19th Century, Roman law
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego
Keywords: Roman law; legal history; philosophy of law; Kraków; University

Summary/Abstract: The article is the second part of the work devoted to the academic profile and views of Jan Kanty Rzesiński – a Cracovian lawyer who was vigorously engaged in research on Roman law, Polish legal history, and legal philosophy in the first half of the 19th century. Despite his academic interests, J.K. Rzesiński was not working at the Faculty of Law of the Jagiellonian University for most of the time. In the first part of the article, the author discussed J.K. Rzesiński’s curriculum vitae and his works on Roman law. The objective of this the second part of the article, is to examine those of remaining literary works that dealt with law (the translation of Processus iuris civilis Cracoviensis, articles on obstagium in lieu of securing creditors rights in the old Polish law, articles on language and jurisprudence, and articles on the relations between legal history and philosophy of law) as well as his views against the epoch and the Cracovian academic milieu.

  • Issue Year: 16/2023
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 181-201
  • Page Count: 21
  • Language: Polish