Adam Moniuszko, Mazowieckie sądy ziemskie (1588–1648). Organizacja – funkcjonowanie – postępowanie, Campidoglio. Krótkie omówienie nowej monografii Cover Image

Adam Moniuszko, The Mazovian Land Courts (1588-1648). Structure – Functioning – Procedures, Campidoglio, Warsaw. A short outline of a new monograph
Adam Moniuszko, Mazowieckie sądy ziemskie (1588–1648). Organizacja – funkcjonowanie – postępowanie, Campidoglio. Krótkie omówienie nowej monografii

Author(s): Maciej Mikuła
Subject(s): Review
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego
Keywords: Mazovia; Crown law; courts of the nobility; organization of judicature; Old Polish legal proceedings; prosopography; judge; court scribe

Summary/Abstract: Adam Moniuszko’s monograph The Mazovian Land Courts (1588–1648). Structure – functioning – procedures is a detailed book, well-rooted in primary sources and concerning the organization of the Mazovian institution of land courts, their procedures (with special emphasis on local idiosyncrasies as compared to the Crown law) and presenting significant aspects of court staff. The Author, drawing on ‘law in books,’ ‘law in action’ and the legal doctrine convincingly shows the noblemen’s legal apparatus which functioned effectively in the first part of 17th century. The book does not exhaust all research problems and the author repeatedly signals the necessity of further research in this field, e.g. with respect to a legal court procedure called scrutinium or the office careers of the court staff

  • Issue Year: 6/2013
  • Issue No: 3
  • Page Range: 309-312
  • Page Count: 4
  • Language: Polish