Professor Andrzej Stelmachowski as a rural Lawery

The subject of this paper are the main features of scientific development of professor Andrzej Stelmachowski as a rural lawyer. It considers the role that he has played in granting autonomy and developing of rural law science, the characteristics of his scientific work, his attitude as a researcher and the message he has passed through his achievements. According to the Author, the conceptual findings of professor Stelmachowski have been crucial for rural law science development and have constituted the fundamental basis for autonomy of this branch of law within the legal order. They also have been a great source of inspiration. If not this intellectual contribution and inspiration, the rural regulations that have been growing since the late fifties would have remained just a section of legislation, and the rural law science would still be at its formative stage. The analysis are concluded with the messages deriving from professor’s Stelmachowski accomplishments for the future generations of rural lawyers and the general estimation of his life attitude and scientific achievements.Uniwersytet Adama Mickiewicza w Poznani