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Legal Sciences and the Problem of the Political: The Perspective of Critical Jurisprudence

Dr Rafał Mańko

University of Amsterdam

Abstract: The growing interest in the connections between legal phenomena and the political (das Politische, le politique) justifies an analysis of the problem of the relationship of legal sciences towards the political. The article focuses on two juridical sub-disciplines: analytical legal theory and legal dogmatics, and the analysis is conducted from the perspective of critical jurisprudence, a juristic application of critical theory. Towards this end, first the concept of ‘the political’ is defined, along the lines of Chantal Mouffe, as a dimension of antagonism, which lies at the foundation of any society. The political, understood in this way, must be differentiated both from ‘politics’ and from ‘policies’. As far as analytical legal theory is concerned, the article claims that it is programmatically (yet tacitly) political, as it affirms the juridical form as such, abstracting from its concrete content. As far as legal dogmatics is concerned, the article claims, following Sawa Frydman, that the dogmatician, despite his declared apoliticality, when performing a doctrinal interpretation of law, makes in fact decisions which are not only interpretive, but also political ones, setting subsequent stages in the antagonistic struggles within society.

Keywords: legal science, the political, antagonism, analytical legal theory, legal dogmatics, critical legal theory

Language: Polish

Received: 13.06.2018
Accepted: 04.09.2018

Published: Number 3(18)/2018, pp. 38-50.

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Filed Under: Articles Tagged With: analytical legal theory, antagonism, critical legal theory, legal dogmatics, legal science, Rafał Mańko, the political

Apoliticality in Jurisprudence. The Crisis of the Idea and the Phenomenon of Populism

Prof. dr hab. Adam Sulikowski

University of Wrocław

Abstract: The topic of the article is the current crisis of the idea of the apolitical nature of jurisprudence and the relationship between this crisis and the phenomenon of populism. In the first part of the study, the author puts forward a thesis on the post-theological and liberal character of the idea, reconstructing its genealogy. The next part discusses the impact of first-wave populism (1930s and 1940s) on the status of the title idea, focusing primarily on authoritarian – Nazi and Stalinist – populisms. In the next part, the author diagnoses the causes of the current crisis of the title idea after the period of its demo-liberal reappointment.

Keywords: apoliticality, jurisprudence, discourse, populism, crisis, post-theology, liberalism

Language: Polish

Received: 13.06.2018
Accepted: 17.08.2018

Published: Number 3(18)/2018, pp. 74-85.

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Filed Under: Articles Tagged With: Adam Sulikowski, apoliticality, crisis, discourse, jurisprudence, liberalism, populism, post-theology

Does American jurisprudence have any rules of interpretation of Constitution?

Dr Anna Tomza

University of Łódź

English abstract: The most discussed issue in the theory of law is the problem of its interpretation, and main question in this topic is – how to make a proper interpretation? The American common-law, opposite the European theory of law, seems not to have general rules of interpretation, but only the idea of proper interpretation. Also the methodology of statutory interpretation is some kind of the judge-made law. As Henry M. Hart said „The hard truth of the matter is that American courts have no intelligible, generally accepted, and consistently applied theory of statutory interpretation”. According to this, currently the question focuses on finding the generally rules of interpretation, which should be some kind of canons of the statutory interpretation. This article tries to give the answer to the question: „if American jurisprudence has any rules of interpretation of law?”.

Keywords: American jurisprudence, legal interpretation, rules of interpretation, Constitution

Language: Polish

Published: Number 2(9)/2014, pp. 125-133

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Are we all feminists now’’? The Challenge of Feminist Jurisprudence to Traditional Legal Theory

Dr Lidia Rodak

University of Silesia

English abstract: The potential of Feminist Jurisprudence is mainly built on its criticism of Traditional Jurisprudence. Through the deconstruction of the latter’s main categories such as objectivity, justice, equality, and rationality, Feminist Jurisprudence aims to demonstrate that Traditional Jurisprudence tends to mask inequality, exclusion and lack of recognition rather than beingable to bring about change or provide the values under research. What is more, FJ indicates a wide range of topics that are not explored by Traditional Jurisprudence and thus have nochance to be dealt with using traditional tools. As a result, Feminist Jurisprudence provides a separate language, a different epistemology and methodological tools that can broaden access to justice including all subjects by giving them recognition. What follows from thesetwo approaches to jurisprudence and two distinct sets of epistemological assumptions is a different understanding of the subject and a different vision of social relations. As Feminist Jurisprudence convincingly shows, traditional law, with its inclination for objectivity defends legal norms as part of the legal and social order rather than an individual autonomy and integrity of subjects. In this paper I would like to suggest a middle-way solution going beyondthe dualistic categories of objectivity and subjectivity. The proposal calls for a deep structuralchange of the legal discourse as the only one that really matters from the feminist point of view.

Keywords: Feminist Jurisprudence, traditional jurisprudence, objectivity, subjectivity

Language: Polish

Published: Number 1(8)/2014, pp. 67-76

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Interdisciplinarity and the external integration of jurisprudence in the light of postmodern critique

Mgr Jakub Łakomy

University of Wrocław


English abstract:
The aim of the paper is to reconstruct the critique of the concept of “external integration of jurisprudence”, which has been widely discussed in polish jurisprudence in the past decades. I base my critique on an analysis of the concept put forward in Polish literature by Jerzy Wróblewski and Kazimierz Opałek. I also consider the postmodern critique of the views on interdisciplinarity held by classical jurisprudence.

The first part of the article consists of: a) general remarks on some doubts and ambiguites concerning understanding of “postmodernism” and common misunderstandings of this term and b) some remarks on the relations between law and postmodernism. In the second part of the article, I provide a sketch reconstruction of the basic traits of postmodernism, especially those characteristics, which determine the postmodern attitude towards interdisciplinarity.

In the third, main part of my article I show how the positivist, modern concept of “external integration of jurisprudence” is incompatibile with postmodern views on science, research, knowledge, epistemology and disciplinarity. I provide an in-depth critique of the presumptions and presuppositions underlying this concept. Finally, I ask: “Quo vadis, interdisciplinarity’’? What about the future of interdisciplinary research in the field of law, when the postmodern methodological storm has swept away the old instruments? Here I introduce the concept of “postdisciplinarity”.

Keywords: interdisciplinarity, postmodernism, disciplinarity, postdisciplinarity, poststructuralism, methodology, legal positivism

Language: Polish

Published: Number 1(2)/2011, pp. 29-45.

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The „Archive of Philosophy of Law and Social Philosophy” is the journal of the Polish Section of the International Association for Philosophy of Law and Social Philosophy (IVR). We publish work in legal philosophy, legal theory and social philosophy, in Polish and in English.

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We publish work across the whole breadth of the philosophy of law – from the ontology and epistemology of law, through axiology, ethics and the aesthetics of law, to social philosophy and the sociology of law. We are equally interested in legal hermeneutics and phenomenology, the natural-law tradition, critical currents in jurisprudence, the philosophy of criminal and international law, and the history of legal thought. Analytical legal theory is strongly represented: the theory of norms, legal validity, interpretation, conventional acts and constitutive rules, principles of law and disputes over the concept of law. What this means in practice is best shown by our thematic collections and by the page on classics of modern legal philosophy and theory.

The journal has published work on Kelsen, Hart, Dworkin, Raz, Alexy and Finnis, and – from the Polish analytical tradition – on Petrażycki, Ziembiński, Wróblewski, Nowacki and Zieliński.

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Józef Nowacki

Józef Nowacki (1923–2005) – Polish legal theorist, professor at the University of Silesia and one of the foremost representatives of analytical legal theory in Poland. A consistent positivist, he studied the notion of legality, general clauses and the methodological foundations of jurisprudence, defending conceptual rigour against ideologisation.

Texts in the „Archive”

An Ideal of Scientific Jurisprudence: Józef Nowacki Against Ideological Influences on Jurisprudential Claims

Tomasz Pietrzykowski · Issue 3(36)/2023

On Nowacki’s methodological assumptions and his opposition to the ideologisation of jurisprudential claims – a defence of the scientific ideal in legal scholarship.

Legality as Compliance with the Intention of the Legislator: The Understanding of Legality in Józef Nowacki’s Works

Zygmunt Tobor · Issue 3(36)/2023

A reconstruction of the two senses of legality in Nowacki’s work and their significance for today’s disputes over the rule of law.

Situationist and Normative Concepts of General Clauses

Sławomir Tkacz · Issue 3(36)/2023

An analysis of Nowacki’s distinction between the situationist and the normative conception of general clauses, and of the dispute over which is the more accurate.

Law and Values Other than Moral: On Searching for Inspiration in Józef Nowacki’s Works

Kamil Zeidler · Issue 3(36)/2023

Kamil Zeidler examines in Nowacki’s writings the theme of the relation of law to values other than moral ones – aesthetic, cognitive and practical.

See also the Principles of Law and Legal Positivism collections.

Legal Interpretation

A thematic collection of the “Archive of Philosophy of Law and Social Philosophy”. Texts on legal interpretation – its theories, directives and limits, and its role in adjudication. All articles are available free of charge in open access.

Theories of legal interpretation

Polish legal theory contributed two classic conceptions to the analysis of interpretation: Jerzy Wróblewski’s clarificative theory, on which interpretation is called for when doubt arises as to the meaning of a provision, and Maciej Zieliński’s derivational conception, on which every legal text requires full interpretive reconstruction of norms of conduct (omnia sunt interpretanda). The dispute between the two approaches – including the status of the maxim clara non sunt interpretanda – remains among the liveliest strands of Polish jurisprudence, alongside research on interpretive directives, the linguistic limits of interpretation, legislative materials and new empirical tools.

Selected texts

  • Wnioskowanie heurystyczne w praktyce orzeczniczej sądów polskich – Paweł Ochmann, No. 2(47)/2026 (in Polish)
  • Odczytywanie reguł konstytutywnych z tekstu prawnego. Przykład ułaskawienia – Karolina Gmerek, Michał Krotoszyński, No. 1(46)/2026 (in Polish)
  • Stosowanie prawa łaski przez Prezydenta RP w świetle argumentów spoza tekstu Konstytucji – Zygmunt Tobor, Sławomir Piekarczyk, No. 1(46)/2026 (in Polish)
  • Krytyczna analiza tezy o przydatności idei metafory konceptualnej w wykładni prawa – Robert Piszko, No. 2(39)/2024 (in Polish)
  • Wyznaczanie temporalnych granic decyzji interpretacyjnej przez sąd – Tomasz Grzybowski, Marta Sarnowiec-Cisłak, No. 2(39)/2024 (in Polish)
  • Intencjonalistyczny charakter interpretacji Pisma Świętego i interpretacji prawa – Paweł T. Skoczykłoda, No. 4(37)/2023 (in Polish)
  • Pewność prawa a zasada interpretatio retro non agit – Agnieszka Bielska-Brodziak, Marek Suska, No. 3(36)/2023 (in Polish)
  • Zasada nullum crimen sine lege jako źródło poszukiwania językowej granicy wykładni prawa karnego? – Sławomir Tkacz, No. 2(23)/2020 (in Polish)

See also

Classics of Modern Legal Philosophy and Theory · Legal Positivism. Profiles: Jerzy Wróblewski · Maciej Zieliński.

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Classics of Modern Legal Philosophy and Theory

Scholars from Poland and around the world who shaped legal theory and philosophy – and, with each of them, texts published in the journal that concern their thought or closely related themes. All articles are free to read in open access.

World classics of modern legal philosophy and theory

Jeremy Bentham (1748–1832)

English philosopher, jurist and social reformer, the founder of utilitarianism and a forerunner of modern legal positivism. Themes from this current are gathered in the Legal Positivism collection.

See also: Texts related to Jeremy Bentham’s concerns.

John Austin (1790–1859)

English jurist and legal theorist, the founder of analytical positivism and of the conception of law as the command of a sovereign backed by sanction. Stanley L. Paulson writes on this current in his study The Core of the Idea of Legal Positivism.

See also: Texts related to John Austin’s concerns.

Gustav Radbruch (1878–1949)

German legal philosopher and politician, author of the famous formula under which statutory lawlessness yields to supra-statutory justice. Bartosz Szyler devotes a study to the antinomies of his idea of law.

See also: Texts related to Gustav Radbruch’s concerns.

Hans Kelsen (1881–1973)

Austrian jurist and legal philosopher, the creator of the pure theory of law and of normativism. Around the pure theory and the basic norm the journal has published a translation of Stanley L. Paulson and a reconstruction of Kelsen’s discussion with Jerzy Wróblewski; see the Legal Positivism collection.

See also: Texts related to Hans Kelsen’s concerns.

Adolf Reinach (1883–1917)

German philosopher and jurist, a representative of the phenomenology of law, author of the conception of the a priori foundations of civil law and of the theory of social acts.

See also: Texts related to Adolf Reinach’s concerns.

Alf Ross (1899–1979)

Danish jurist and legal philosopher, a leading representative of Scandinavian realism and of the predictive account of legal validity. A kindred current of sociological jurisprudence is presented by Aleksander Olaf Szpojankowski in his text on Roscoe Pound.

See also: Texts related to Alf Ross’s concerns.

Lon L. Fuller (1902–1978)

American legal philosopher, a representative of the non-positivist current, author of the conception of the inner morality of law and a participant in the famous debate with H.L.A. Hart on the connection between law and morality. These themes are taken up in the Law and Morality collection.

See also: Texts related to Lon Fuller’s concerns.

Herbert L.A. Hart (1907–1992)

British legal philosopher, the leading representative of twentieth-century legal positivism, author of the conception of the rule of recognition and of the union of primary and secondary rules. The journal has published a translation of Hart’s lecture, a study by Andrzej Grabowski and an analysis of the rule of recognition.

See also: Texts related to H.L.A. Hart’s concerns.

John Rawls (1921–2002)

American political and social philosopher, author of the theory of justice as fairness. Wojciech Ciszewski analyses his conception in the journal.

See also: Texts related to John Rawls’s concerns.

Jürgen Habermas (1929–2026)

German philosopher and sociologist, a representative of social philosophy, the creator of the theory of communicative action and of the conception of deliberative democracy.

See also: Texts related to Jürgen Habermas’s concerns.

Ronald Dworkin (1931–2013)

American legal philosopher, the foremost critic of positivism, author of the conception of legal principles, integrity and law as an interpretive practice. Texts in this current are gathered in the Legal Positivism collection.

See also: Texts related to Ronald Dworkin’s concerns.

Joseph Raz (1939–2022)

British legal philosopher of Israeli origin, a representative of exclusive positivism, author of the service conception of legal authority and of the theory of practical reasons. Beata Polanowska-Sygulska analyses his moral philosophy in a two-part series.

See also: Texts related to Joseph Raz’s concerns.

John Finnis

Australian legal philosopher, the leading representative of contemporary natural law theory, author of the conception of basic human goods and practical reasonableness. Michał Sopiński analyses his thought in the journal.

See also: Texts related to John Finnis’s concerns.

Robert Alexy

German legal philosopher, author of the theory of principles as optimisation requirements, of the weighing formula and of a non-positivist account of law. Milena Korycka reconstructs his conception in the journal.

See also: Texts related to Robert Alexy’s concerns.

Polish classics of modern legal philosophy and theory

Leon Petrażycki (1867–1931)

Polish and Russian scholar, the creator of the psychological theory of law, of the conception of intuitive law, imperative-attributive emotions and the policy of law. Hanna Dębska devotes a study to his career.

See also: Texts related to Leon Petrażycki’s concerns.

Jerzy Lande (1886–1954)

Polish legal theorist and philosopher, a pupil and the most important continuator of Leon Petrażycki, author of works in the theory and sociology of law.

See also: Texts related to Jerzy Lande’s concerns.

Czesław Znamierowski (1888–1967)

Polish philosopher and legal theorist, the creator of the theory of constructive norms and thetic acts, and a forerunner of the analysis of conventional acts in law.

See also: Texts related to Czesław Znamierowski’s concerns.

Czesław Martyniak (1906–1939)

Polish legal philosopher, a representative of Thomistic legal philosophy and of the natural-law critique of Kelsen’s normativism. Murdered by the German occupier in 1939.

See also: Texts related to Czesław Martyniak’s concerns.

Stanisław Ehrlich (1907–1997)

Polish theorist of law and politics, a scholar of pluralism, interest groups and group norms.

See also: Texts related to Stanisław Ehrlich’s concerns.

Grzegorz Leopold Seidler (1913–2004)

Polish scholar of the theory of state and law and of the history of political and legal doctrines.

See also: Texts related to Grzegorz Leopold Seidler’s concerns.

Kazimierz Opałek (1918–1995)

Polish legal theorist and philosopher, a forerunner of analytical reflection on directives, norms and subjective rights.

See also: Texts related to Kazimierz Opałek’s concerns.

Zygmunt Ziembiński (1920–1996)

Polish legal theorist and philosopher, the creator of the Poznań school of legal theory, author of works on the logic of norms, the conception of coupled norms and the analysis of legal language.

See also: Texts related to Zygmunt Ziembiński’s concerns.

Józef Nowacki (1923–2005)

Polish legal theorist, a representative of analytical legal theory, a scholar of the rule of law, general clauses and the „appropriate” application of provisions.

See also: Texts related to Józef Nowacki’s concerns.

Jerzy Wróblewski (1926–1990)

Polish legal theorist, the creator of an original paradigm of legal interpretation and application (the clarificative theory of interpretation); among his continuators is Marek Zirk-Sadowski.

See also: Texts related to Jerzy Wróblewski’s concerns.

Wiesław Lang (1928–2016)

Polish legal theorist, a scholar of legal validity and of the relation between law and morality. These themes are gathered in the Law and Morality collection.

See also: Texts related to Wiesław Lang’s concerns.

Maciej Zieliński (1940–2020)

Polish legal theorist, the creator of the derivational conception of legal interpretation (omnia sunt interpretanda). Agnieszka Choduń presents it in the journal.

See also: Texts related to Maciej Zieliński’s concerns.

Number 3(44)/2025 [PL/ENG]

I. MARXIST APPROACHES TO LAW IN TIMES OF THE POLISH PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC AND THE GERMAN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC AND PHILOSOPHY OF LAW IN THE FACE OF TOTALITARIANISM

Dr hab. Joanna Helios, prof. UWr
Dr hab. Wioletta Jedlecka, prof. UWr
The influence of Marxism on the interpretation of law in Poland (some remarks concerning the theory of legal interpretation by Jerzy Wroblewski)

Dr hab. Martyna Łaszewska-Hellriegel, prof. UZ
Animal welfare under socialism: Anthropocentrism, instrumentalization, and ideology in the GDR

Dr hab. Sławomir Tkacz, prof. UŚ
Dr hab. Aleksandra Wentkowska, prof. UŚ
On the threats to democracy and the rule of law: The philosophy of total states in the views of Szymon Rundstein and Maciej Starzewski

II. CRIMINAL-LAW SETTLING OF ACCOUNTS WITH COMMUNISM

Mgr Przemysław Pasierb
The establishment of the Institute of National Remembrance as the authority responsible for prosecuting communist and Nazi crimes: An analysis of the efficiency of the IPN Act

Prof. dr hab. Adam Bosiacki
Attempts to punish communist crimes throughout history: Failures and successes

Dr hab. Dominik Bierecki, prof. UP w Słupsku
The notion of activities for the independent existence of the Polish State on the basis of the so-called February Act

Dr Marek Derlatka
Denying communist crimes: Selected problems

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