Interwar Dialogue… The Role of Administrative Justice before WWII in Poland, by Michał Patryk Sadłowski 7 Jun 20242 Nov 2026 Introduction The Polish state, reborn in the aftermath of World War I, was facing great challenges (for background on the re-establishment of Poland in 1918, see A. Grebieniow and J.…
Interwar Dialogue… Lex Makarewicz (and Makowski) – the Polish Criminal Code of 1932 and Its Authors in a Comparative and Philosophical Light, by Aleksander Leszczyński and Jan Rudnicki 24 May 202429 Oct 2026 Introduction Studies of Interwar legal history seem to prove that proper comparative analysis may be an indispensable element of a sound legislative process. The history of the creation of the…
Interwar Dialogue… Legislative Technique of Reborn Poland: Creation Ex Nihilo and Negation of Foreign Legal Traditions, by K Koźmiński and A Jackowska 23 Jun 202329 Oct 2026 Introduction The rebirth of independent Poland after World War I (1918) caused politicians and lawyers to face a number of dilemmas regarding the future of the Polish legal system. At…
Interwar Dialogue… Rafał Lemkin (1900-1959): A Life-Long Story of Engagement in the Development of Human Rights Law, by A. Krzywoń 26 May 20232 Nov 2026 Introduction: The Life and Legacy of Rafał Lemkin “Genocide is as old as humanity”. This statement by Jean-Paul Sartre highlights the sad reality that destroying entire groups of people has…
Italy… Unifying European Private Law in the Interwar Period: The Case of the Franco-Italian Draft Code of Obligations and the Polish Code of Obligations, by K. Kryla-Cudna 3 Feb 202329 Oct 2026 Introduction In a previous post, Aleksander Grebieniow and Jan Rudnicki discussed the process of unification of the Polish law of obligations in the interwar period. As explained by the authors,…
Interwar Dialogue… A Mixed Jurisdiction in the Middle of Europe? Poland’s Interwar Experience 1918-1939, by A Grebieniow and J Rudnicki 11 Nov 202229 Oct 2026 Introduction A ‘mixed legal jurisdiction’ is typically a legal order where the common law and civilian traditions intermingle. So says the primary comparative legal literature (H.P. Glenn, Legal Traditions of…
