To those who are unfamiliar with the achievements of Poland in the field of human rights, representative government and general participation of the citizens in the public life, the book may appear as a revelation. To those who know something about Polish history, Dr Jedruch's observations will give a wealth of interesting data, facts, details and comments. Written with care and learning, this guide will be very useful to all who approach the Polish legislative tradition with a desire to learn more of its concern with individual rights, freedom of conscience, civil disobedience, pacifism and militarism, and of the way it has been focus at crucial times for the life of the nation.
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The death of the last male member of the native Piast dynasty in the year 1370 induced local notables to organize for political purposes into provincial legislative assemblies, the Seymiks. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
bona recipiantur, electoral ordinance, active electoral rights, passive electoral rights, vivente rege, neminem captivabimus, appointed palatine, royal election, last male member, pacta conventa, constitutional reform movement, partition period, prominent parliamentarians, nihil novi, partitioning powers, liberum veto, legislative officers, legislative immunity, communal assemblies, principal legislation, elected deputy Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
First Republic, Second Republic, Polish People's Republic, Congress Kingdom, Greater Poland, Duchy of Warsaw, Peasant Party, Second World War, Lesser Poland, Seym of Lwów, Council of State, Soviet Union, Prime Minister, John Casimir, General Seymiks, Permanent Council, Reform Seym, President of the Republic, Seym of Galicia, Seym of the Estates, First World War, Supreme Court, United States, King of Poland, Convocation Seym New!
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The death of the last male member of the native Piast dynasty in the year 1370 induced local notables to organize for political purposes into provincial legislative assemblies, the Seymiks. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
bona recipiantur, electoral ordinance, active electoral rights, passive electoral rights, vivente rege, neminem captivabimus, appointed palatine, royal election, last male member, pacta conventa, constitutional reform movement, partition period, prominent parliamentarians, nihil novi, partitioning powers, liberum veto, legislative officers, legislative immunity, communal assemblies, principal legislation, elected deputy Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
First Republic, Second Republic, Polish People's Republic, Congress Kingdom, Greater Poland, Duchy of Warsaw, Peasant Party, Second World War, Lesser Poland, Seym of Lwów, Council of State, Soviet Union, Prime Minister, John Casimir, General Seymiks, Permanent Council, Reform Seym, President of the Republic, Seym of Galicia, Seym of the Estates, First World War, Supreme Court, United States, King of Poland, Convocation Seym New!
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- Age of the Democratic Revolution: The Struggle, Volume II by R. R. Palmer on 4 pages
- The Government of Poland by Jean-Jacques Rousseau on page 166, page 287, and Back Matter
- The Social Contract (Penguin Classics) by Jean-Jacques Rousseau on page 166, and page 222
- Correspondence of Edmund Burke by Edmund Burke on page 180, and Back Matter
- Social Contract: Essays by Locke, Hume, and Rousseau by John Locke on page 166, and page 222
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