Published: 2020-05-14

Between tradition and modernity? The Senate in the Duchy of Warsaw and the Kingdom of Poland (selected problems)

Ewa Ziółek
Saeculum Christianum. Historical Writings
Section: Rozprawy i Artykuły
https://doi.org/10.21697/sc.2020.27.w.sp.12

Abstract

The article discusses the place of the senate in the constitutional systems of the Duchy of Warsaw and the Kingdom of Poland, with references to the traditional model of the Polish Sejm, and the innovations in this system. These resulted from the imposition of the French model of legislation in 1807 and next from the need to comply with the regulations of the Congress of Vienna of 1815. Both constitutions of the Duchy of Warsaw and of the Kingdom of Poland, were imposed from the outside and aimed at creating a system suitable for a non-sovereign state, consistent with the order created by European powers. Nevertheless, some references to the Polish constitutional tradition appeared in the constitutions, which had a rather propaganda dimension towards Polish subjects.  

Keywords:

Duchy of Warsaw, Kingdom of Poland, Polish parliamentarism, Senate

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Ziółek, E. (2020). Between tradition and modernity? The Senate in the Duchy of Warsaw and the Kingdom of Poland (selected problems). Saeculum Christianum. Historical Writings, 27, 160–172. https://doi.org/10.21697/sc.2020.27.w.sp.12

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