The Chronicle of Research and Scholarly Events in Legal and Constitutional History at the Faculty of Law and Administration of the Jagiellonian University in 2016

Czasopismo obejmuje artykuly i rozprawy naukowe historykow prawa oraz historykow doktryn politycznych i prawnych z polskich i zagranicznych ośrodkow naukowych. Zamierzeniem redaktorow i pomyslodawcow wydawnictwa bylo umozliwienie publikacji rezultatow badan z zakresu szeroko pojetej historii prawa, historii panstwa oraz historii doktryn politycznych i prawnych. Czasopismo zawiera takze dzial recenzji oraz kronike wydarzen naukowych.


Chair of History of Administration and Administrational Thought
On 12 th April 2016, Professor Dorota Malec, head of the Chair and supervisor of the Laboratory of Source Editions, was elected by the Assembly of Electors as Vice-Rector of the Jagiellonian University, responsible for development of the institution. Although the Chair of History of Administration and Administrational Thought did not organize any conferences or workshops on its own in 2016, the employees of that unit were engaged in various undertakings involving other chairs of the Faculty, including the ones organized in April (see below, under Chair of General Legal History), June (see below, under Laboratory of Source Editions), and September (see below, under joint initiatives involving several units). All of those conferences were opened by Professor Dorota Malec.
The staff of the Chair took part in several conferences, both domestic and abroad. Dr. Hab. Paweł Cichoń represented the Chair at the conference in Olsztyn in June 2016, commemorating the 225 th anniversary of the police in Poland, and talking about the role of the Directory of the Police in providing order and public security in the Free City of Cracow. Dr. Marek Stus presented results of his research on past and contemporary aviation law in April and June 2016, during the 4 th Polish Conference of Space and Aviation Law and Technologies in Rzeszów, and the "Journées internationales" organized in Switzerland in 2016 by the Société d'histoire du droit of Freiburg. His paper was titled "Le contrat de transport et la responsabilité des compagnies aériennes de ses débuts jusqu'à la Convention

Chair of General Legal History
In 2015, the staff of the Chair continued research on subjects which had previously already been under investigation. I.a. Professor Andrzej Dziadzio continued his work on the NCN-supported project concerning the Galician Governorship in the years 1867-1914, andDr. Hab November [1916] as preludes to the independence of Poland, and the I séminaire polonais -français de l'histoire du droit titled "Église -Empire -Royaume". 1 In May 2016 Dr. Jan Halberda organized the fi nal of the Professor Michał Sczaniecki Legal-Historical Contest. Every faculty of law in Poland was entitled to send its two student representatives to the fi nal contest; eventually nine universities took their chance and sent their representatives to Cracow. The 2016 edition was won by students from UMCS in Lublin, while Law students from the Jagiellonian University took 2 nd place.

Chair of Roman Law
In 2016, the staff of the Chair took part intensely in various scholarly events, both domestically and abroad. On September 13

Laboratory of Source Editions
In the Laboratory of Source Editions, Professor Stanisław Grodziski and Dr. Hab. Mar cin Kwiecień were supervising the work on volumes V/1 and V/2 of "Volumina Constitutionum." Dr. Krzysztof Fokt also continued his cooperation with Dr. Maciej Mikuła and Dr. Christian Speer from the Martin Luther University in Halle, Germany, on the project "Fontes Iuris Lusatiae Superioris Vetustissimi." The most important task of this project foreseen for 2016 was the fi rst project-workshop, which took place in June 2016. It assembled 14 scholars from Poland, the Czech Republic, Germany, and Slovakia who either presented papers, or summarized sessions. There were 10 additional participants beyond these, for a total of 24 scholars representing 12 various institutions. The event was supported by the Ministry of Research and Higher Education of the Republic of Poland, the "Bratniak" Foundation and the City of Cracow, whose mayor, Professor Jacek Majchrowski, granted it his honorary patronage. The papers and discussions during the workshop were focused on the oldest municipal books of records The Chronicle of Research and Scholarly Events in Legal and Constitutional History... in East-Central Europe and the current and planned projects of editing of legal-historical sources of municipal provenance in Central and East-Central Europe. 2

Joint initiatives involving several units
In 2016, the Faculty decided to commemorate one of its most meritorious scholars of legal and constitutional history, Professor Stanisław Płaza , by organizing an international conference in his honor. The event, titled "Constitutional History 2000-2015: New Research, New Ideas, New Perspectives," was organized by the Chair of Polish Legal History, and the Chair of History of Administration and Administrational Thought. The proceedings of the conference took place in the representative chambers of the Larisch Palace on September 19 th -20 th 2016. During the fi rst day of the session, participants from Poland (2), Germany (1), Belgium (1), Spain (1), Czech Republic (2), Hungary (2), Slovakia (2), Austria (1), and Croatia (1) presented papers on various issues concerning the state, requirements, environment, and methodology of research on constitutional history in their countries. During the second day of the conference a panel discussion was held concerning the scholarly achievements and merits of Professor Płaza, in which his daughter and other relatives, as well as many of his fellow scholars and students participated. During the second day of the conference, a working assembly of the Scientifi c Council of the "Cracow Studies..." -where the proceedings of the conference are going to be published -also took place. Barwicka-Tylek and Dr. Marek Stus).