PRIMARY PRINCIPLES OF A COMPULSORY PUBLIC WORKS SYSTEM (CORVÉE) IN THE CONSTRUCTION, REPAIR AND MAINTENANCE OF THE COMMUNICATION NETWORK OF THE KINGDOM OF POLAND AND OTHER FORMER POLISH TERRITORIES RULED BY TSARIST RUSSIA

Abstract

This article focuses on the issue of introducing of a legal system concerning public works carried out on the widely understood transportation system in the Kingdom of Poland and other territories directly or indirectly ruled by tsarist authorities after the partition of the Commonwealth.

Keywords

• corvée
• Kingdom of Poland
• 19th century