Volodymyr Starosolskyi

The article examines Volodymyr Starosolskyi’s contributions as a lawyer, public figure, and scholar of constitutionalism, specifically focusing on his role in defending the language rights of Ukrainians in the Second Polish Republic. This is explored within the broader context of the Ukrainian national question in the early 20th century. The article highlights the political, legal, and social realities of the time, detailing Starosolskyi’s involvement in judicial political processes against Ukrainians in Poland, as well as his political and legal writings.

The article covers the lifetime period in historiography of Volodymyr Starosolskyi’s state legal conception. An author tracks main trends of scientific studies of researcher’s contemporaries and proves their contribution to the elaboration of problem.

Participation of Volodymyr Starosolskyi as an advocate, publicman and scientist in
defence of Ukrainians’ linguistic rights in the Second Commonwealth of Poland is examined in
the context of Ukrainian national question at the beginning of XX century