The abovementioned study titled “The Statutes of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania” outlines the issues concerning attempts to codify Lithuanian law in the age of Renaissance. In the beginning deals with the question of statutes functioning as three separate legal documents or only one divided into three parts. Further, short overview of selected European countries’ efforts to put their law systems in order is presented. Then 3 Statutes (one by one) are being described along with stating the main purpose of establishing them. The study also presents how the Lithuanian legal system has evolved, by indicating modifications in the matter of comprehending the idea of law itself and the issue of specifying and clarifying its regulations as well. Elaboration emphasizes the great importance of the most distinguished prominents of legal profession who were experts in both Roman and Canon law and the part they have taken in initiating and drafting the Statutes, which were indeed the masterpieces of legislation art. Statutes have become legal documents of greatest historic value. Finally, the influence of the Roman law on Statutes and impact of Lithuanian legal principles on neighbouring countries is briefly characterized. All facts are presented in chronological order.
In the article there were analyzed the legal norms concerning shrines included in common law and particular law of the diocese of Kalisz. The Author noticed that the shrines are sacred places to which people make pilgrimage and have lots of functions, this is why the legislator of the First Synod of Diocese of Kalisz, which took place in 2007-2009, regulated this issue in particular law. The Author presented the term of „shrine” and indicated material and formal element. The legislator in the Code distinguished a diocesan shrine, a national shrine and an international shrine, while the legislator in diocese of Kalisz made different classification. The Author indicated what the statutes of the shrine should regulate in particular to efficiently administrate the shrine, there was also presented the authority competent to approve these statutes. There were presented functions of the shrine curator, who is head a shrine.
Artykuł podejmuje problematykę pomiaru zasobu prawa, optymalnej liczby przepisów prawa, nadmiaru prawa, nadregulacji i inflacji prawa, czyli problemów budzących zainteresowanie bardziej opinii publicznej niż badaczy. Przedmiotem badania jest liczebność prawa w Polsce oraz w wybranych krajach. Celem analizy jest stwierdzenie stanu zasobu prawa oraz dynamiki przyrostu przepisów w perspektywie legislacji III RP na tle sytuacji w innych krajach. Podjęto również próbę inwentaryzacji poglądów o przyczynach oraz skutkach rozrostu liczby i objętości regulacji.
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The article deals with problems such as measuring the scope of legal regulations, the optimal number of those, the excess of the laws, the over-regulation, and legislative inflation, which arouse public interest more than scholars. The subject of the research is the size of the body of law in Poland and some other countries. This analysis aims to determine the state of the legal provisions and dynamics of the growth of regulations in the Republic of Poland against the background of the situation in other countries. An attempt is also made to examine the views on the causes and effects of the proliferation of the number and volume of regulations.
Archidiecezja Warmińska po osiemdziesięciu latach przeżyła zwieńczenie kolejnego synodu diecezjalnego. Inicjatorem, a następnie zwołującym synod był bp Józef Glemp. Po jego odejściu na stolicę prymasowską synod został zawieszony. Dopiero w 2006 r. abp Wojciech Ziemba dekretem wznowił i polecił kontynuować prace synodalne. Prace te trwały przez 6 lat. Swoim zasięgiem poza komisjami ogólnodiecezjalnymi docierały w formie zespołów synodalnych do parafii i dekanatów. Zaangażowało się w synod bardzo wielu ludzi z ożywionym poczuciem odpowiedzialności za Kościół. Owocem tych prac są statuty regulujące całokształt życia Kościoła lokalnego. Integralną częścią statutów są aneksy doprecyzowujące poszczególne unormowania.
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The Warmia Archdiocese, 80 years down the road, entered the crowning of the subsequent diocesan synod. Cardinal Joseph Glemp was the one who initiated and then convoked the synod. Following his nomination as a Primate of Poland, it was suspended later on. Only after 2006 archbishop Wojciech Ziemba resumed and ordered its works to be continued. It lasted consecutive 6 years and covered the whole diocese through its diocesan and vicariate forane teams. There were numbers of people involved in its works in the animated sense of responsibility for the Church. As a result of the synod there were declarations and decrees issued regulating the entirety of the local Church’s life. An integral part of the decrees constitute the annexes which specify individual regulations.
Przedmiotem niniejszego artykułu jest wydarzenie II Synodu Diecezji Siedleckiej. Artykuł podzielono na sześć podrozdziałów. We wprowadzeniu przypomniano dwie nieudane próby (1972 i 1989) przeprowadzenia synodu diecezjalnego przez biskupa Jana Mazura. W dalszej części pojawiły się rozważania ogólnie dotyczące synodów, definicja kodeksowa tego pojęcia oraz krótkie tło historyczne instytucji synodów (przed Soborem Trydenckim, według KPK/1917, postanowienia Vaticanum Secundum i KPK/1983). W trzeciej części autor zanalizował organizację i statuty I synodu podlaskiego (siedleckiego) przeprowadzonego w 1923 roku przez biskupa Henryka Przeździeckiego. Czwartą część artykułu poświęcono przygotowaniom do II synodu w okresie od roku 2002 (objęcie diecezji przez biskupa Zbigniewa Kiernikowskiego) do 2010. Zasadnicze uwagi znalazły się w piątej części artykułu: regulamin, założenia, cele i struktura (komisje i podkomisje synodalne) oraz sposób pracy synodu.
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The present article tackles the event of the second Synod of the Siedlce Diocese. This article is divided into six sections. The introduction reminds of two failed attempts (1972 and 1989) to carry out a diocesan synod by Bishop John Mazur. In the following part, there emerged general considerations concerning synods, the Codex definition of the concept as well as a brief historical background of the institution of synods (before the Council of Trent, by Code of Canon Law/1917, the provisions of Vatican II and Code of Canon Law/1983). In the third part, the author analysed the organization and the statutes of the first Synod of Podlasie (Siedlce), conducted in 1923 by Bishop Henryk Przeździecki. The fourth part of the article was devoted to preparations for the Second Synod of the period from 2002 (the Diocese was assumed by Bishop Zbigniew Kiernikowski) till 2010. The most vital remarks are included in the fifth part of the article: the rules, goals, objectives and structure (the Synod’s committees and subcommittees) and also the work method during the Synod.
In a detailed discussion the author presents the course of the first synodical assembly in the history of the Opole Diocese; he discusses the results of the Synod’s proceedings, that is the synodical statutes; and he takes a position on the contents of the annexes supplementing the statutes. In the conclusion the author points to the significance of the Synod for the presence and future of the Church in the Opole region.
In a detailed discussion the author presents the course of the first synodical assembly in the history of the Opole Diocese; he discusses the results of the Synod’s proceedings, that is the synodical statutes; and he takes a position on the contents of the annexes supplementing the statutes. In the conclusion the author points to the significance of the Synod for the presence and future of the Church in the Opole region.
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