„…Rządy nasze są popsowane, poprawy więc potrzebują, a nie odmiany…” Józefa Andrzeja Załuskiego koncepcja funkcjonowania ustroju Rzeczypospolitej

• Authors: Adam Perłakowski

Title variants

EN

Our government has been spoiled, it requires improvement and not alteration. Józef Andrzej Załuski’s concept of the functioning of constitutional system of the Nobiliary Republic

• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

EN

Józef Andrzej Załuski, bishop of Kiev and the alleged author of Opisanie krótkie niektórych interessów wewnętrznych Najjaśniejszej Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej w roku 1762 (Brief description of some internal interests of the Eminent Polish Nobiliary Republic in 1762), tried to survey a series of opinions and reflections on the constitutional system of Poland at the decline of the reign of August III of Vettin dynasty and the beginning of reign of Stanisław August Poniatowski. The major element of Załuski’s analysis is his attitude toward liberum veto which was one of the most crucial elements of the Polish constitutional system. While perceiving the negative aspect of the abuse arising from the liberum veto, Załuski considered the latter to be the immanent part of the Polish constitution. He therefore regarded the liberum veto as something unavoidable and as something what produced a counterbalance vis-à-vis the voting by majority, the latter being applied in England, Sweden and Denmark. It is easy to observe that Załuski was a firm opponent of the majority vote system. What – in his opinion - was detrimental to the Polish Republic was the absence of the effective implementation of good laws. As a result he did not see any need for the introduction of new constitutional devices. The volume published by the bishop of Kiev assumed, to a large extent, also the shape of polemics conducted by him with Stanisław Konarski and with the treaty of the latter On the Effective Advice.

Keywords

PL

Józef Andrzej Załuski; August III Wettyn; liberum veto; parlament; reformy

EN

Józef Andrzej Załuski; August III; Wettin; liberum veto; parliament; reforms

• Publisher: Uniwersytet Jagielloński
• Journal: Krakowskie Studia z Historii Państwa i Prawa
• Year: 2012
• Volume: 5
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 133–147

Dates

online

2012-12-10

Contributors

author

Adam Perłakowski

• Uniwersytet Jagielloński

Identifiers

DOI

10.4467/20844131KS.12.011.0912