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After World War I, the reorganisation of Europe created many legal interspaces. This volume is intended to be a first step towards in-depth research into Upper Silesia as a legal interspace. The focus is on Upper Silesia as an autonomous region and the jurisdiction in the Silesian Voivodeship. Seven contributions by Polish and German scholars examine the question of autonomy from an interdisciplinary perspective - historical, legal and political. The contributions compare Silesian autonomy with other Polish autonomy projects of the interwar period and situate it in contemporary legal discourse and political debate. At the same time, an arc is drawn to current attempts at autonomy in Poland. Another focus is the question of jurisdiction in Upper Silesia from a national and international perspective.
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Martin LöhnigIntroductionRyszard KaczmarekAutonomy of the Silesian Voivodeship and Other Projects of Regional Autonomies in Poland 1918-1939Adam KrychowskiPolish Legal Concept in Relation to the Silesian Autonomy in the Second Polish RepublicKrzysztof NowakBetween Cieszyn/Teschen and Bielsko/Bielitz. Polish Cieszyn Silesians and the Silesian AutonomyAnna MusThe Autonomous Silesian Voivodeship and its LegacyDonata ZehnerSilesian Jurisdiction after VersaillesAnna Stawarska-RippelSilesian Legal Microcosm: Courts and Court Procedures in the Silesian Voivodeship and the Polish Supreme Court after the First World War before the unification of JurisdictionKonrad GraczykThe Application of the German-Polish Agreement on Upper Silesia 1922-1937. State of Research and Research PostulatesKamila Staudigl-CiechowiczClosing remarksBibliography
