University of Dorpat Faculty of Law and its Polish Students up to the year 1918

Authors

  • Filip Cyuńczyk

Keywords:

University of Dorpat, legal education, Polish law students, Tzarist Russia

Abstract

The paper discussess the Faculty of Law of the Univeristy of Dorpat (today the Uni- versity of Tartu) up to the year 1918, as seen in the context. of the Polish students who studied there. After the November Uprising (1930-1931) Dorpat became a special place for Polish students in the XIX century, it being the only university in Russia where instruction was given in a language other than Russian. Young Polish patriots who did not want to study in Russian, travelled to this liberal German language university si- tuated in the city of Tartu. It was for this reason in XIX century that Dorpat become one of the most important places for educating the future Polish elite – politicians, doctors of medicine, lawyers, etc. Todays in Poland knowledge of this episode in our history is forgotten. The paper presents an overview of the University of Dorpat includ- ing in particular the history of its law faculty, outlines the law faculty’s curricula, and references some of the notable Poles who studied there.

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Published

2014-01-01

How to Cite

University of Dorpat Faculty of Law and its Polish Students up to the year 1918. (2014). Miscellanea Historico-Iuridica, 13(1), 181-191. https://miscellanea.uwb.edu.pl/article/view/222

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