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- Application of the Transmission Easement Regulations as an Example of the ‘State of Exception’ Law
The subject of the article is an analysis of civil courts’ case law in terms formulated by Giorgio Agamben and Judith Butler, that is, in terms of law as a ‘state of exception’, a purely arbitrary practice that appears to be a parody of law. Read more
- State of Emergency and State without a Name in Carl Schmitt’s Thought. Suggestion of a Separation
The concept of a state of emergency is one of the most frequently cited elements of the thought of the German philosopher of the law and political theorist Carl Schmitt. Read more
- Rights – Person – Death. Part II: Daniel Sperling’s Theory and the Polish Legal System
This article is divided into two parts. In the first part, which was published in 2018, we presented arguments in support of the concept of posthumous interests. Read more
- Legislative Materials in the Light of Polish and Spanish Law, Judicial Practice and Theoretical Literature
The purpose of the paper is to present a comparative analysis of the use of legislative materials in the process of statutory interpretation in Poland and Spain, by referring to statutes, theoretical literature and case law. The paper is divided into three parts. Read more
- Polish Penal Law and Ethical Issues Relating to Transplantation
The purpose of this publication is to systematize the present ethical problems relating to transplantation and to confront them with penal legislation, from which norms prohibiting certain types of conduct with regard to transplantations may be derived. Read more
- Neil McCormick’s Theory of Legal Reasoning and Its Evolution
This paper traces, examines, and demonstrates Neil MacCormick’s theory of legal reasoning and its evolution. MacCormick’s views were shaped gradually so his theory could be divided into two main stages. Read more
- The Three Sources of Juriscentrism: Artur Kozak’s Philosophy of Law
The main aim of this article is to reconstruct the theoretical project of the Polish legal philosopher Artur Kozak, while focusing on its core philosophical and sociological assumptions. In his writings A. Read more
- Law as a Social Engineering Tool in the Legal Philosophy of Roscoe Pound
The article discusses the subject of Roscoe Pound’s sociological jurisprudence with particular emphasis on the concept of social engineering, as well as the use of law as a tool through which the assumptions of this concept are implemented. The article also presents the key concepts of social engineering, specifically the theory of social interests, defined by R. Read more
- The Rule of Law in Immanuel Kant’s Political Philosophy: Two Interpretations
The purpose of this article is to discuss Kant’s concept of juridical state as the foundation of the contemporary rule of law. Read more
- Professor Stanisław Czepita (1954–2018)