Anna Machnikowska, Dr.iur. (2000), Dr.habil.iur. (2011), is Professor at the University of Gdańsk and Chair of the Department of Civil Procedure. She specialises in property law, justice systems, and political doctrine in the twentieth century.Michał Gałędek, Dr.iur. (2010), Dr.habil.iur. (2018), is Professor and Chair of the Department of Legal History at the University of Gdańsk, and Vice-President for Science at the Polish Society for Legal History. His most recent monograph is National Tradition or Western Pattern: Concepts of New Administrative System for the Congress Kingdom of Poland (1814–1815) (Brill, 2021).Rafał Mańko, Dr.iur. (2014), Dr. habil.iur. (2019), is Research Affiliate at the Central Eastern European University Democracy Institute. His main areas of research are legal survivals, the theory of adjudication, and Central European legal identity.