Marcin Konarski

An author and editor of about 100 publications, including monographs and articles published in Polish and English. My research interests include the history of the state and the law of the 18th and 19th centuries, with particular emphasis on the legal and political thought of revolutionary and national liberation movements, the issue of the modern concept of the right to resistance, and material administrative law with particular emphasis on the issue of the constitutional obligation to bear public burdens and perform public duties.

RESEARCH, TEACHING, or OTHER INTERESTS

Law, Public Administration, Education

Scopus Publications

The Central Liquidation Commission in the Duchy of Warsaw between 1808 and 1812
Krakowskie Studia Z Historii Panstwa I Prawa, 2023
Legal Reforms of Agrarian Relations in the Duchy of Warsaw between 1807 and 1809
Marcin Konarski
Studia Iuridica Lublinensia, 2022
The article analyses the reforms of agrarian relations, which were carried out during the first years of the Duchy of Warsaw, created as a result of the peace treaties of 1807. The legal status of peasants was at that time initially regulated in a general way by the provisions of the Constitution granted by Napoleon Bonaparte on 22 July 1807. These provisions were then made more specific with the promulgation of the Decree of 21 December 1807, which brought about the abolition of serfdom and allowed peasants to move within the territory of the Duchy. According to the Decree, the land was the property of the lord and a peasant leaving the village should return the land to the lord along with the crops, the buildings and the livestock. This meant that after the Decree came into force, there was a possibility of unlimited eviction of peasants, as well as increasing serfdom burdens. It should be noted, however, that due to the considerable depopulation of the country at that time and the emerging difficulties in providing manpower for the manor house, eviction was used relatively rarely. Nevertheless, later on, the reform carried out by this Decree was said to “remove peasant’s boots along with his shackles”. In this article, the author analyses the provisions of this Decree in the context of regulations resulting from the Constitution of the Duchy, Napoleonic Code and the Decree of 23 February 1809 introducing a temporary organisation of rural communes. The reflections on peasant reforms in this period were supplemented by an analysis of the socio-economic situation in the lands forming the Duchy and selected statements that appeared in the relevant literature on the peasant question from the past till the present.
The Obligation to Provide Housing for Military and Civilian Use between 1919 and 1925 in Light of the Legislation and Judicial Decisions of the Supreme Administrative Tribunal
Marcin Konarski
Krakowskie Studia Z Historii Panstwa I Prawa, 2021
The Obligation to Provide Housing for Military and Civilian Use between 1919 and 1925 in Light of the Legislation and Judicial Decisions of the Supreme Administrative Tribunal In connection with the dramatic shortage of residential accommodations in the first years of Polish statehood after the regaining of independence in 1918, the way to guarantee their provision for military personnel (officers and married non-commissioned officers) and civilians (state and local government officials) was a statutory obligation to provide them by means of legal administrative coercion. The aim of this article is to analyse issues relating to the requisitioning of flats, and in particular, to analyse the sources of legislation in this area at that time, and judicial decisions of the administrative court with regard to complaints made to this court in cases concerning these requisitions.
The peacetime duty to provide means of transport for the army on the example of inland waterway vessels and aircraft. The case of interwar Poland
Marcin Konarski
Studia Iuridica Toruniensia, 2021
W niniejszym artykule poddano analizie instytucję obowiązków administracyjnych, które w okresie międzywojennym nakładane były na jednostki w interesie publicznym w celu wykonania określonych zadań należących do administracji publicznej, w tym przypadku – administracji sił zbrojnych. Obowiązki te polegały na dostarczeniu wojsku w czasie pokoju będących w posiadaniu określonych podmiotów środków transportowych, które uznane zostały przez władze wojskowe za niezbędne do realizacji zadań wynikających z przyznanych im kompetencji. Dokonana przez autora analiza przeprowadzona została na przykładzie obowiązku dostarczania na rzecz wojska środków przewozowych w postaci wodnych środków żeglugi śródlądowej i statków powietrznych.