Rys historyczny instytucji immunitetu i ewolucji statusu parlamentarzysty

The publication contains consideration according the special status of the parliamentarian. It represents the institution of both, formal and material immunity as well as the rules connected with this institution: the inviolability as well as the prohibition of joining functions (incompatibilitas). Th e historical outline refers to the beginnings of these institutions in Europe (on example of England and France) and the United States of America. In Poland it concentrates on legal solutions comming from the II Republic(1918-1939), reaching more current constitutional constructions.