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Conducted in terms: 2025/26_Z, 2026/27_Z

ECTS credits: 2

Language: Polish

Organized by: Faculty of Law and Administration

Administration history up to the first half of XVIII century. WP-ADZ-1-HA2

Students will learn about the evolution of the Polish system of government, with particular emphasis on parliamentarism, constitutionalism, the organisation of public administration, and the origins and functioning of local government, as well as the administration of justice. They will gain knowledge of the evolution and systems of administrative justice. They will master the historical and legal terminology associated with these issues. They will familiarise themselves with scholarly views on state institutions and their historical evolution.

Term 2025/26_Z:

1. Introductory issues. Periodisation of the history of the political system and law in Poland.
2. The state of the Republic in the first half of the 18th century.
3. Political reforms during the reign of Stanisław August Poniatowski. Reforms of the Convocation Sejm of 1764. Cardinal laws. The Partition Sejm of 1773-1775 and its reforms. Legislation of the Great Sejm. The Government Act of 3 May 1791.
9. The partitions and fall of Poland (1795) – consequences.
10. The political system of the Duchy of Warsaw in the light of the constitutional act of 1807.
11. The political system of the Kingdom of Poland in the light of the constitution of 1815.
12. Organisation of the insurgent authorities in 1830/1831. Resolutions of the insurgent Sejm on constitutional changes.
13. Organic Statute of 1832.
14. Grand Duchy of Poznań.
15. Political system of the Free City of Krakow.
16. French law in Polish territories in the 19th century. Administrative judiciary.
17. Autonomy of Galicia after the granting of the National Statute (1861).
18. Reconstruction of the Polish state during World War I. Act of 5 November 1916. Provisional Council of State. Regency Council. Council of State.
19. The first constitutional acts of the reborn Republic of Poland. The Legislative Sejm and the Small Constitution of 1919.
20. The March Constitution.
21. The August Amendment.
22. The April Constitution.
23. The process of unification and codification of law in the Second Polish Republic. Administrative judiciary.
24. The formation of the foundations of the political system of People's Poland (1943-47).

Term 2026/27_Z:

Students will learn about the evolution of the Polish system of government, with particular emphasis on parliamentarism, constitutionalism, the organisation of public administration, and the origins and functioning of local government, as well as the administration of justice. They will gain knowledge of the evolution and systems of administrative justice. They will master the historical and legal terminology associated with these issues. They will familiarise themselves with scholarly views on state institutions and their historical evolution.

(in Polish) Dyscyplina naukowa, do której odnoszą się efekty uczenia się

law

(in Polish) E-Learning

Term 2020/21_Z:

(in Polish) E-Learning (pełny kurs) z podziałem na grupy

Term 2021/22_Z:

(in Polish) E-Learning (pełny kurs) z podziałem na grupy

Term 2022/23_Z:

(in Polish) E-Learning (pełny kurs) z podziałem na grupy

Term 2024/25_Z:

(in Polish) E-Learning (pełny kurs)

Term 2025/26_Z:

(in Polish) E-Learning (pełny kurs) z podziałem na grupy

Term 2026/27_Z:

(in Polish) E-Learning (pełny kurs) z podziałem na grupy

(in Polish) Grupa przedmiotów ogólnouczenianych

Term 2024/25_Z:

(in Polish) nie dotyczy

Term 2025/26_Z:

(in Polish) nie dotyczy

Term 2026/27_Z:

(in Polish) PO/S1 - obszar nauk społecznych - I stopień/JM

Course coordinators

Sławomir Godek

(in Polish) Opis nakładu pracy studenta w ECTS

2 points ECTS DESCRIPTION: Class attendance: 16 hours Preparation for classes: 10 hours Exam preparation: 34 hours Number of ECTS credits: 2 ECTS

Subject level

elementary

(in Polish) Punkty ECTS

2 points

Learning outcome code/codes

AD1_W02 AD1_W08

Type of subject

Term 2024/25_Z:

obligatory

Term 2025/26_Z:

obligatory

Term 2026/27_Z:

optional with limited choices

Preliminary Requirements

No

Learning outcomes

AD1_W02 - The student uses terminology relating to the history of administration.
AD1_W08 - The student lists and describes the processes of the historical evolution of administrative institutions.

Assessment criteria

Assessment criteria:
AD1_W02
Grade: dst
The student uses terminology relating to the history of administration at a basic level.
Grade: dst+
The student uses terminology relating to the history of administration at a level above the basic level.
Grade db
The student uses terminology relating to the history of administration to a good standard.
Grade db+
The student uses terminology relating to the history of administration to a standard higher than good.
Grade bdb
The student uses terminology relating to the history of administration flawlessly.

AD1_W08
Grade: dst
The student lists and describes the processes of the historical evolution of administrative institutions at a basic level.
Grade: dst+
The student lists and describes the processes of the historical evolution of administrative institutions at a level above the basic.
Grade db
The student lists and describes the processes of the historical evolution of administrative institutions to a good standard.
Grade db+
The student lists and describes the processes of the historical evolution of administrative institutions to a standard higher than good.
Grade bdb
The student lists and describes the processes of the historical evolution of administrative institutions flawlessly.

Bibliography

Required reading:

W. Witkowski, Historia administracji w Polsce 1764-1989, Warszawa 2007.

Complementary literature:

T. Maciejewski, Historia administracji, Warszawa 2006.
T. Maciejewski, Historia administracji i myśli administracyjnej. Czasy nowożytne i współczesne XVI-XX w., Warszawa 2013.
J. Bardach, B. Leśnodorski, M. Pietrzak, Historia ustroju i prawa polskiego, Warszawa 2009.
M. Kallas, Historia ustroju w Polsce, Warszawa 2019.

Konstytucje Polski, t. 1-2, red. M. Kallas, Warszawa 1990.
M. Kallas, A. Lityński, Historia ustroju i prawa Polski Ludowej, Warszawa 2000.
A. Ajnenkiel, Konstytucje Polski w rozwoju dziejowym 1791-1997, Warszawa 2001.
Konstytucyjna historia Polski, red. D. Makiłła, Warszawa 2024.

Term 2025/26_Z:

Main books: 1. J. Bardach, B. Leśnodorski, M. Pietrzak, Historia ustroju i prawa polskiego, Warszawa 2001; 2. M. Kallas, Historia ustroju Polski, Warszawa 2007; 3. W. Witkowski, Historia administracji w Polsce 1764-1989, Warszawa 2007; 4. T. Maciejewski, Historia administracji, Warszawa 2006; 5. T. Maciejewski, Historia administracji i myśli administracyjnej. Czasy nowożytne i współczesne XVI-XX w., Warszawa 2013.

Complementary books: (1. A. Ajnenkiel, Konstytucje Polski w rozwoju dziejowym 1791-1997, Warszawa 2001; 2. M. Kallas, A. Lityński, Historia ustroju i prawa Polski Ludowej, Warszawa 2000; 3. Konstytucje Polski, t. 1-2, red. M. Kallas, Warszawa 1990; 3. T. Maciejewski, Historia ustroju i prawa sądowego Polski, Warszawa 2008; 4. S. Płaza, Historia prawa w Polsce na tle porównawczym, cz. 1-3, Kraków 2001-2002; 5. W. Uruszczak, Historia państwa i prawa polskiego, t. I 966-1765, Warszawa 2010).

Term 2026/27_Z:

Required reading:

W. Witkowski, Historia administracji w Polsce 1764-1989, Warszawa 2007.

Complementary literature:

T. Maciejewski, Historia administracji, Warszawa 2006.
T. Maciejewski, Historia administracji i myśli administracyjnej. Czasy nowożytne i współczesne XVI-XX w., Warszawa 2013.
J. Bardach, B. Leśnodorski, M. Pietrzak, Historia ustroju i prawa polskiego, Warszawa 2009.
M. Kallas, Historia ustroju w Polsce, Warszawa 2019.

Konstytucje Polski, t. 1-2, red. M. Kallas, Warszawa 1990.
M. Kallas, A. Lityński, Historia ustroju i prawa Polski Ludowej, Warszawa 2000.
A. Ajnenkiel, Konstytucje Polski w rozwoju dziejowym 1791-1997, Warszawa 2001.
Konstytucyjna historia Polski, red. D. Makiłła, Warszawa 2024.

Additional information

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