Lexicon of Polish Lawyers and Economists: (6): Eugeniusz Waśkowski (1866-1942)

The sixth edition of Lexicon is devoted to one of the most prominent experts in civil procedure, the judiciary system and the Bar in the Second Republic of Poland – Professor Eugeniusz Waśkowski from the Stefan Batory University. Before he came to Vilnius in 1924, he was a Professor at the University of Odessa. To this day, his works in the field of law and civil procedure are re-issued in Russia. Publications in Polish – although they are not reissued – are constantly present in the Polish scientific literature. Quite commonly, Waśkowski is considered one of the most outstanding and distinguished scholars in the field of civil procedure in the history of Poland.

The article is an abridged version of the study published in 2012 (Redzik Adam, Eugeniusz Waśkowski (1866-1942). On the 70th anniversary of the death of an outstanding scientist and lawyer, “Palestra” no 9-10, pp. 255-267), but it contains new and improved threads related to Waśkowski's life in Odessa, as well as in Warsaw during World War II.

Key concepts: Eugeniusz Waśkowski, Polish civilians of the 19th and 20th centuries, codification of the law of the Second Polish Republic, Polish civil trial of the Second Polish Republic, Stefan Batory University in Vilnius, University of Odessa.

This article is published in Polish