Author
Gustaw Roszkowski 1847-1915

He was born on 7 April 1847 in the village of Syrniki in the Lubartów district. From 1864 to 1867, he was a student at the Faculty of Law and Administration of the Warsaw Main School, where he received a master’s degree in Law and Administration on 15 July 1869. Subsequently, he studied in Berlin, Leipzig and Heidelberg. In 1869, he published his first works in philosophy. In 1870, he obtained the title of doctor of philosophy at the University of Freiburg in Breisgau for his dissertation entitled Über das Wesen des Eigentums, which was written from a philosophical rather than economic point of view. In 1871, he obtained a postdoctoral degree at the Jagiellonian University. In 1872, he left for Warsaw where initially he acted as advocate at consistory courts and on 7 June 1873, he became a patron at the Civil Court in Warsaw; from 25 July 1876, he was an attorney at law. In 1878, he moved to the University of Lviv, where on 10 December he became Associate Professor, and in 1888 Full Professor of Philosophy of Law and the Law of Nations. From 1896 to 1897, he was the Dean of the Faculty of Law at that university. From 1883, he was member of the Lviv City Council and also sat on the Legislative Commission (1883–1895). From 1890, he was a member of the State Council in Vienna elected from the Stryj-Sambor-Drohobycz district. On 7 September 1891, he was co-opted as member of the Institute of International Law established in Belgium in 1873, which included the most renowned scholars in international law from various countries. Roszkowski specialised mainly in philosophy of law and the law of nations. He published quite an extensive dissertation entitled O istocie i znaczeniu filozofii prawa [“On the essence and significance of philosophy of law”] (Kraków 1871). In his work, the law of nations gradually began to take pride of place, which was evidenced by a number of publications that he left behind. He did not put forward any new concepts, but thoroughly researched new achievements of international law and presented them to Polish readers. In addition to his reflections on various legal institutions, he also worked on the codification of international law, the issue of international cooperation for peace and internationalist issues. In addition to his academic work, he was also involved in charitable work (in the Red Cross, among others) and the work of student organisations. He died on 7 April 1915 in Vienna where he was buried.

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