JOURNAL OF THE LAWS OF WARSAW
Vol. 1-4 [complete in 4 vols.] No. 1-48.
In Warsaw 1807-1812, W Drukarnia Xięży Pijarów (vol. 1), n.w. (vol. 2-4), pp. [2], XLVII, 326, [10]; 469, [11]; 466, [15], table ff. 1; 428, [17] table ff. 1, format 10x16.5 cm cm
Fundamental work on the law of the Duchy of Warsaw. Volumes of the "Journal of the Laws of the Warsaw Principality" - The official collection of laws in force in the Duchy of Warsaw.
Volume 1 Includes decrees issued between December 1807 and July 1809.
At the beginning is the text of the Constitution of the Duchy of Warsaw (simultaneously in Polish and French), granted by Napoleon on July 22, 1807. In addition, decrees on political law, judicial law, administrative law, military law, fiscal law, police law.
Volume 2 Includes decrees and resolutions issued from March 1809 to December 1810. Includes, among others: Decree on the reward assigned to Xięciu Józef Poniatowski, Minister of Voyna and Commander-in-Chief of the Army after the campaign; Taxa for hypotek conservators and regulations with regard to their bailiwick; Establishment of the General Directorate of National Estates and Forests; Cracow proclaimed as a free trade city. Volume 3. Includes decrees and resolutions issued from December 1810 to October 1811, primarily provisions relating to law and legal proceedings and treasury.
Volume 4. Includes decrees and resolutions issued in 1812. Includes, among others: Stamp Act and numerous resolutions related to the war with Russia and Napoleon's expedition to Moscow
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