Contents List of Figures List of Abbreviations 1 Introduction 1 The Constitutional Congress Kingdom of Poland in the European Context and the Research Problems 2 'Soft' versus 'Hard' and Global versus Local Constitutional History 3 Structure of the book 4 State of Research and Specificity of Source Materials 2 Evolution of Political Thought: Polish Traditional Republicanism and the Birth of Liberalism 1 Old Polish Republicanism 2 The Legacy of the 'Gentle Revolution' of the Great Sejm (1788-1792) 3 Between Old Polish Republicanism and Future Conservatism: The Relay Team 4 The Origins of Polish Political Liberalism 5 Sources of Inspiration and Ways of Development for Political Liberalism in the Kingdom of Poland 3 The Constitution 1 Inspirations and Dilemmas: The Dynamics of European Constitutionalism in the First Decades of the Nineteenth Century 2 Napoleonic 'Constitutionalism' in the Duchy of Warsaw (1807-1815) 3 The Coming about of the Constitution of the Kingdom of Poland of 1815 4 Sources of Inspiration for the Constitution of the Kingdom of Poland and the Anachronicity of the Constitution of 3 May 1791 5 What Was the Constitution of Kingdom of Poland to Poles and to the Tsar? 4 The Monarch 1 The Monarchical Principle in France and Germany in the First Half of the Nineteenth Century 2 Controversy over the Monarch's Sovereign Rights in the Kingdom of Poland 3 Omnipotence of the Monarch in the Executive 5 The Executive Branch 1 Organization of the Central Government: Modification of the System Established under the Duchy of Warsaw 2 Centralized Bureaucratic Administration Inherited from the Duchy of Warsaw 3 From Glorification to Aversion to Officials 4 Collegiality in the Administration: The Violation of the Central Constitutional Principle in the Executive Branch 6 The National Representation 1 Organisation of the Sejm 2 Powers in the Legislative Area 3 Monitoring Powers and Constitutional Accountability 4 Attitude towards the Supremacy of the Insurgent Sejm during the November Uprising (1830-1831) 5 Voivodeship Councils 7 Citizenship Rights and Freedoms, Independence of the Judiciary, and the Rule of Law 1 Citizenship Rights and Freedoms in Poland, France and South Germany 2 'Crippled' Equality before Law: The Issue of Political Rights 3 Personal Freedom and Inviolability of the Person 4 Inviolability of Property 5 Independence of the Judiciary 6 Freedom of Religion 7 Freedom of the Press 8 The Rule of Law 8 Conclusions Bibliography Index of Names Index of Subjects.