Territorial Jurisdiction of Magistrates’ Courts in the District of the District Court in Biała Podlaska in 1919–1920 Cover Image

Właściwość terytorialna sądów pokoju w okręgu Sądu Okręgowego w Białej Podlaskiej w latach 1919– 1920
Territorial Jurisdiction of Magistrates’ Courts in the District of the District Court in Biała Podlaska in 1919–1920

Author(s): Dariusz Magier
Subject(s): History, Local History / Microhistory, Political history
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego
Keywords: document ; court office ; judicial system ; magistrates’ courts ; the judiciary

Summary/Abstract: The present material is the edition of the document concerning the location and territorial jurisdiction of magistrates’ courts in the Biała Podlaska court district in 1919–1920. It describes the objectives of the publication, the current state of research, archival characteristics, edition rules, and finally, the circumstances of the document’s preparation and its office functions in the historical-structural context of the Polish judicial system in the period in question. The presented archival material is an example of the source that provides essential information not only about the organization of the lowest tier of the court system in the Republic of Poland reborn after the partitions but also on the complicated history of the archival records produced by the court office.

  • Issue Year: 2024
  • Issue No: 11
  • Page Range: 277-298
  • Page Count: 22
  • Language: Polish
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