Dr. hab. Maciej Mikuła, JU prof.
He is graduated in law from the Jagiellonian University in 2007, and in history from the University’s Faculty of History in 2008. He defended his doctoral thesis in 2012; an abridged version of it was published under the title Royal and Parliamentary Legislation for the Royal Cities in Małopolska (1386-1572): A Study in the Rule of Law in Poland. Habilitation in 2018 (monograph: Municipal Magdeburg Law (Ius municipale Magdeburgense) in Late Medieval Poland: A Study in the Evolution and Adaptation of Law) – the book was translated into English and printed by BRILL in 2021. His research interests include the history of the Magdeburg law, sources of medieval law, editing of historic legal texts (editor and co-editor of 6 volumes of sources in the series Fontes Iuris Polonici). He is involved (as head, coordinator, or researcher) in several major research projects. He is assistant editor of the journal “Cracow Studies of Constitutional and Legal History”. Project manager "IURA. Sources of Laws from the Past”.
Contact: maciej.mikula@uj.edu.pl
Dr. hab. Krzysztof Fokt
He graduated in history and archaeology from the Jagiellonian University in Kraków, then defended his thesis on late medieval rural settlement of Silesia in Wrocław University (2010) and habilitated in history with his studies on medieval governance of Silesia and Upper Lusatia at the Jagiellonian University in December 2020. His scholarly curriculum includes participation in various source editions, concerning texts written in various languages (Latin, Old Polish, Middle Upper-German), i.a. court books of Kraków from the 17th century (in a Cracow-based team), the oldest book of records of Goerlitz from the 14th century (one of the oldest in Central Europe; project conducted in Polish-German cooperation), and the constitutions of Polish Diet (Sejm Walny), i.e. the highest institution of political power and legislation in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, from the 17th century (volumes 4.-5. of the “Volumina Constitutionum”, in a Cracow-based team). At present, he's working on medieval and early modern sources of rural law in Poland and Silesia.
Contact: krzysztof.fokt@uj.edu.pl
Dr. hab. Łukasz Marzec
He is graduated in law from the Jagiellonian University in 1998, obtained his PhD in 2002. Doctoral thesis on the influence of the Roman law in England required extended medieval and early modern source studies. Habilitated in 2018 on the base of the book about Arthur Duck`s treatise „De Usu et Authoritate Iuris civilis Romanorum in Dominiis Principum Christianorum", a study on the role of Roman law in the European legal formation, published in England in 1653. As Duck called to antique, medieval and early modern sources and legal writings, this study required a detailed work with sources and old legal writings. Dr Marzec is the member of the international team working on the resaearch project „The multicultural heritage of the Polish- Lithuanian Commonwealth in shaping the European mentality of the Slavs of Central and Eastern Europe. Interdisciplinary study of Latin influences on Byzantine-Slavic culture inspired by the Synod of Zamość 300th anniversary (1720-2020)” financed by the Polish government. As a result, a modern translation and commentary was edited in 2020, where dr Marzec contributed with a chapter “Legal dimension of the latinization of European civilization in the perspective of the 1720 Zamość synode”.
Contat: lukasz.marzec@uj.edu.pl
Dr. Kacper Górski
He has graduated in law from Jagiellonian University in Kraków (2015). He continued his research as PhD student in the field of Polish legal history (2015-2021). In June 2021 he successfully defended summa cum laude his PhD thesis entitled “Penal jurisdiction of both judicial and official castrensial courts of law in Kraków (1585–1620). A study of Old Polish administration of justice”. His academic interests encompass praxis of early modern Old Polish judiciary (16th-18th centuries), especially in the field of criminal law and court proceedings, sources of early modern land law in Kingdom of Poland as well as writings of Old Polish lawyers. He is a secretary of the journal "Cracow Studies of Constitutional and Legal History" and participates in project “IURA. Sources of Laws from the Past”.
Contact: kacper.gorski@uj.edu.pl
Dr. Paulina Kamińska
She is graduated in law from the University of Łódź in 2014. She continued her research as PhD student in the field of Polish legal history (2014-2019). In June 2019 she successfully defended her PhD thesis entitled “Non–enforcement administrative auctions in the Kingdom of Poland (1842-1866). Practice in Piotrków County against the backdrop of legislation”. Her research interests focus on the historical and legal issues of the first half of the 19th century in the Kingdom of Poland, in particular the history of administrative law, criminal law, court and administrative enforcement proceedings, and the editing of legal historical sources. In the years 2017-2021 she held a scholarship and was a researcher in the project on the codification of judicial law in the 19th century on Polish lands, financed by the National Science Centre (project implemented at the Faculty of Law and Administration of the University of Gdańsk). She is a member of the Critical Heritage Studies Hub at the Jagiellonian University, and participates in project “IURA. Sources of Laws from the Past”.
Contact: pkaminska@uj.edu.pl
