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THE THEORY OF JUST WAR | BEHIND THE JURISPRUDENTIAL DEFENSE OF (ABSTAINING FROM) MILITARY ACTION
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of the President of the Republic of Poland
Department of History of Philosophy
Faculty of Law and Administration
International Centre for Intercultural and Interreligious Dialogue
Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University
are pleased to announce
THE THEORY OF JUST WAR
BEHIND THE JURISPRUDENTIAL DEFENSE OF (ABSTAINING FROM) MILITARY ACTION
A Conference Commemorating the 600th Anniversary of the Presentation of Paul Vladimiri’s Corpus Diplomaticum
Warsaw, 13-14 October 2015
Professor Michael Walzer, the author of “Just and Unjust Wars” (1977),
Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, New Jersey
On 5th July 1415 the participants of the Council of Constance – a historically pivotal gathering of the ruling and clerical elite of contemporary Europe – were provided with the first of a series of legal writings concerning a momentous dispute between the Kingdom of Poland and the Order of Brothers of the German House of Saint Mary in Jerusalem (the Teutonic Knights). The case centered around the legitimacy of military attacks undertaken by the State of the Teutonic Order on the region of Samogitia (northwestern part of today’s Lithuania), whose inhabitants were the last ethnic group in Europe to resist conversion to Christianity. Arguing for the Polish side was Paul Vladimiri (Paweł Włodkowic), rector of the Academy of Kraków, who, following the most prominent theological and legal thinkers of the time, defended the rights of pagans to have their own states, safe from the attacks of Christians, provided they themselves refrained from attacking their Christian neighbours. Based on the idea of mutual tolerance and peaceful coexistence between different political communities, Paul Vladimiri’s argumentation has gone down in history as one of the prototype versions of the theory of just war. 600 years after its original presentation, some fundamental issues raised during the medieval dispute are still of utmost urgency:
What type of rationale legitimizes the use of force against an autonomous political community?
What are the preconditions of a morally/legally justified military intervention undertaken on the territory of an independent state?
Which international institution possesses the entitlement to authorize the enforcement of universally recognized standards of execution of political power, e.g. respect for basic human rights?
Are there any moral/legal constraints on the membership in alliances aimed at eliminating specific threats to world peace?
To what extent are individual people responsible for the aggressive policy of (morally deplorable use of force by) their state leaders?
Answers to these and many other questions related to the idea of just war will be discussed during a conference held at Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University, Warsaw, Poland, on 13-14 October 2015.  Accepted papers will be considered for publication in an edited volume on the conference theme.
Registration procedure must be completed by September 15, 2015 by paying the conference fee of 100 EURO (or 115 USD; for details, see the Practical Information tab). The conference fee does not cover accommodation.
On behalf of the Organizing Committee
BEHIND THE JURISPRUDENTIAL DEFENSE OF (ABSTAINING FROM) MILITARY ACTION
"Sevientibus olim Prutenis tunc infidelibus et atlijs contra Polonos Christianos admittuntur in Polonia per principes Polonie Cruciferi in subsidium qui fratres Sancte Marie Hospitalis Ierosolimitani de domo Theutonicorum appellantur et eis per principes Polonie constituuntur et donantur certe possessiones versus limites dictorum infidelium. de quibus possessionibus cum adiutorio Polonorum et aliorum Christianorum successivis temporibus gentem crudelem Prutenorum tunc a infidelium sibi subiugarunt et dominium occuparunt. et domini de Prusia ideo appellantur. ibique iam edificantur civitates solempnes et munitissime iam castra fortissima totumque eorum dominium fortissimis municionibus sic firmatur quod plus quam decuple potencie redditur inexpungnabile. Et licet iam subactis sue dicioni Prutenis dudum cessaverit inpungnandi Christianos crudelitas paganorum, hij tamen Cruciferi eciam mansuetos infideles et quietos inpungnare et ipsorum terras et dominia invadere usque modo non cessarunt sed sub primo colore quasi adhuc cibies paganica in Christicolas deseviret convocant in subsidium Christianos a assumunt b sibi pro reguła cum valido exercitu invadere partes infidelium bis in anno, hijs scilicet diebus et temporibus videlicet :assumpcionis et purificacionis gloriose virginis Marie qu;:ts vices. suo vulg~ri sermone resas vocant. Sicque fo. consuetudinem error deducitur quod fideles Christi causa exercende milicie credentes obsequium prestare Deo in multitudine illuc confluunt et occasione catholice fidei ampliande gens qufota łnfidelium crudeliter inpungnatur. hinc secuntur homicidia vadunt fideles cum infidelibus pari dampnacionis periculo rapine fiunt et alia nephanda infinita. Itaque crescit fama ordinis crescunt di~ vicie cum potencia utrimque Cruciferi coUigunt ad thezauros eń: ditantur per christianos et eciam per paganos. Romanorum pontif'icum, Imperatorum littere impetrantur ut quascunque regiones terras si~e dominia infidelium expungnaverint s1ve occupaverint sint eorum. Tandem spiritus Dei qui ubi vult spirat potentissimos principes paganorum de gentilitatis errore ad agnicionem fidei vere evocans ministerio Polonorum ad sacri baptismatis undam lavandos perduxit; unus eorum Regni Polonie gubernacula suscepit, alter Lithwanie et aliarum parcium tam scismaticarum quam infidelium vicinarum gubernator permansit et rector. Et quorum potencia partibus Christianis Prusie Livonie · et· Polonie olim incussit formidinem, hos ad·professionem sacre fidei iam sequitur inmensa gentilium multitudo currunt catervatim ad fontem sacri baptismatis, et. fere omnes eorum. subditi naturales in terris Lithwanie etc. sacri fontis la- · vacrum susceperunt, alij adhuc suscipiunt successive. Alij vero ipsorum regimini se spontanee subiecerunt. Considerant hec mirabilia Cruciferi et quasi moleste ferentes quod eis causa occupandi possessiones et dominia predictorum taliter deperierit maiori ferocitate invadunt pluries et successive more solito dictos neophitos et tam presbiteros quam eciam alios iam baptizatos quam et non baptizatos multos crudeliter perimunt crema.nt ipsorum novellas \ ecclesias et alia innumera faciunt que honestas postulat subticere. Sed et iam Christianis antiquis presertim suis fundatoribus insultant gravissime suos captivant donatores duces Christianos tractant turpissime ipsorum ordinis dotatores et convocata multitudine copiosa Christifidelium sibi in adiutorium quasi adversus infideles gerentes speciem licet futatis a coloribus erigunt potenciam contra Regem Polonie catholicum invadunt Regnum Polonie hostiliter castra demoliunt alia redigunt in cineres, spoliant violant et plurima nephanda ibi fiunt que stilus vix valeret exprimere. Et dum sic a Prutenis in Cruciferos translata crudelitas in Polonia deploratur: quia quos sibi Poloni pro' scuto assumpserant sua ferocitate conversi sunt sibi in flagellum: Gemit Polonia non solum tantam atrocitatem sibi pestiferam in suo sinu enutritam, verum etiam cogitur tandem venire ad resistenciam. Ordinatis itaque aciebus utrimque conveniunt ad bellandum sternitur ab alto potencia ordinis campus heu a humanis repletur cadaveribus et Polonorum gladius Cruciferorum sanguine saturatur eciam per intervalla temporum vicibus iteratis. Verum licet cessante insultu paganorum iam regeneratorum sacro baptismate et aliorum iam plenarie subiectorum potencie Christiane scilicet orthodoxorum principum iam dictorum cessavit dudum in illis partibus eorundem hos- · pitalariorum pungnandi officium quia tamen dicte littere Imperatorum et pontificum Romanorum quas se habere asserunt omnium superius pretactorum videntur eisdem occasionem prestitisse et colorem: Igitur hoc verissimo et evidentissimo themate prehabito ad faciendum milites Christian os in sua milicia cauciores......."
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