Abstract. This article offers a constitutional and institutional analysis of emergency price regulation through a structural comparison of two historically distinct interventions: the Edict on Maximum Prices issued by Emperor Diocletian in 301 CE and the system of official price controls and rationing introduced during martial law in the Polish People’s Republic (1981-1983). Rather than treating these episodes as isolated historical curiosities, the study conceptualizes them as manifestations of a recurring pattern of crisis governance. The central thesis is that emergency price regulation represents a form of normative substitution in which political authority attempts to replace decentralized coordination mechanisms with administrative command. Drawing on institutional economics, constitutional theory of emergency powers, and legal theory of systemic complexity, the article introduces the concept of “Regulatory Utopia” as an analytical framework for understanding structural misalignment between legal normativity and economic coordination. The findings demonstrate that while emergency intervention may temporarily stabilise political order, suppression of the informational function of prices generates informal adaptation, institutional misalignment, and longterm erosion of legitimacy. The comparative perspective reveals structural recurrence across divergent constitutional orders and highlights the limits of normative power in governing complex economic systems during crisis.
The subject of this study is the phenomenon of the presence of a religious clause in the oaths taken by municipal officials in Roman law and its modern equivalents (in Poland, Italy, and the USA). The aim of the paper is to analyze the content of oath formulas used in ancient Rome and in contemporary local government systems, with particular
emphasis on the religious element. The hypothesis put forward is that in ancient Rome, the religious component served to legitimize authority and reinforced the official’s
personal responsibility toward the community and the gods. In modern times, however, the religious clause though still present in some legal systems has lost its original character
and has become an optional part of the oath, expressing the individual choice of the person assuming office. The study applies the historical-legal method and comparative
method, focusing on the analysis of municipal statutes particularly the lex Irnitana. The findings indicate a strong connection between the religious and state spheres in ancient
Rome and reveal a diverse approach to the religious clause in contemporary legal systems.
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This study evaluated the psychometric properties of the Polish Career Decision Self-Efficacy Scale–Short Form (CDSES-SF) in two university student samples (N = 116 and N = 465). Principal component analysis and confirmatory factor analysis supported a hierarchical structure, where five specific factors load onto a strong general factor. The scale and its subscales demonstrated good internal consistency. Convergent validity was supported through expected correlations with self-efficacy, self-esteem, and career indecision. Results provide evidence for the Polish CDSES-SF as a reliable and valid instrument for career counseling and research in Poland, supporting both a general score and a nuanced five-domain assessment.
The dataset is a part of a larger data collection, study 2 (substudy SCED) of the project: Meaning-reconstruction process in cancer: the role of psychological flexibility. Intensive longitudinal and experimental studies (National Science Centre, Poland, grant No. 2020/39/B/HS6/01927 awarded to Aleksandra Kroemeke).
This study was preregistered on ClinicalTrials.gov (No. NCT06266182).
This folder contains the following files:
- [File_1.csv]: This file contains the codebook that contains information on variables used in the study.
- [File_2.xlsx]: This file contains the dataset that includes the following main variables: daily subjective health, positive and negative affect, meaning-making coping, meaning made, and psychological flexibility.
Due to the small sample size inherent to the single-case experimental design (SCED) and the high risk of patient re-identification, raw sociodemographic variables and specific clinical data have been withheld from the public dataset to ensure participant privacy and compliance with data protection regulations. Aggregate demographic characteristics and non-daily measures are provided within the published manuscript(s).
Further information on the study can be found here: Kroemeke, A., Dudek, J., Kijowska, M., Owen, R., & Sobczyk-Kruszelnicka, M. (2024). The effect of an online acceptance and commitment intervention on the meaning-making process in cancer patients following hematopoietic cell transplantation: Study protocol for a randomized controlled trial enhanced with single-case experimental design. Trials, 25(1), 392.
The European Union has implemented International Market Information System (IMI), related to the practice of a profession, available to professional organisations in all Member States. In Poland, information on punishing physicians is available to Medical Chambers and is monitored by them on an ongoing basis. The question arises whether the principle of re-examination by the Polish medical court, of the case of a Polish doctor who committed an act abroad and was punished there, should be adopted. And also whether to ensure the possibility of taking over the penalty imposed abroad by the competent body dealing with professional liability of physicians, for execution in Poland.
