Polityka jako czynnik kształtujący prawo i kulturę prawną na przykładzie instytucji sądu pokoju w poglądach Wincentego Hipolita Gawareckiego

Abstract

Culture and nature are the main formative factors of human behaviour. Furthermore, culture also determines the variations of societies. The integral elements of culture are law and politics that interact with each other. The influence of politics on the law increases during social crisis and radical historical transformations. An example of these effects can be illustrated by the situation on Polish territory at the beginning of the 19th century. A forceful correlation between politics and law is noticeable in Wincenty Hipolit Gawarecki’s literary output, where he shows the origin and the essence of the court of conciliation in the Duchy of Warsaw and the Congress Kingdom.