THE MEDIEVAL POLISH DOCTRINE OF THE LAW OF NATIONS: IUS GENTIUM
THE MEDIEVAL POLISH DOCTRINE OF THE LAW OF NATIONS: IUS GENTIUM
Author(s): Stanisław WielgusSubject(s): Political history, Social history, Higher Education , 6th to 12th Centuries, 13th to 14th Centuries, 15th Century, Sociology of Education, Sociology of Religion, Sociology of Law
Published by: Towarzystwo Naukowe KUL & Katolicki Uniwersytet Lubelski Jana Pawła II
Keywords: ius gentium; natural law; Paweł Włodkowic; Stanisław of Skarbimierz;
Summary/Abstract: In attempting to summarize in a few sentences the achievements of the medieval scholars of the Polish school of ius gentium, we must emphasize that by employing the inherited legal and philosophico-theological tradition and intellectual achievements of the University of Kraków, coupling it with their own genius, they manager to create a coherent and universal system of international law. It was a system so modern, wise, tolerant and universal that it was able to be applied not only in solving the painful problem stemming from the lengthy conflict between Poland and the Teutonic Knights but was also used in resolving global problems of the contemporary Christian’s world conflict with the non-Christian one. That legal system, based upon the eternal principles of Divine and natural law, taking account of the Gospel Law of Love and inseparably connecting law with morality and justice with truth, remains valid even today.
Journal: Roczniki Filozoficzne
- Issue Year: 70/2022
- Issue No: 4
- Page Range: 27-60
- Page Count: 34
- Language: English