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- Worldview Controversies in a Workplace: Comments from the Theory of Law Perspective on the Cracow IKEA Employee Case
The point of departure of my paper is the case of the IKEA employee who lost his job for criticizing the workplace policy followed by his employer. In the paper I analyse two possible versions of the objection discrimination on the ground of belief that can be raised with respect to the employer’s decision. Read more
- Identification of Procedural Acts Performed at the Trial: Considerations in the Context of the Actual Utterances of Non-professional Participants of Court Proceedings
The empirical research of the communication process at the trials which were held in common courts indicated, in particular, that the utterances of trial participants, despite their varied verbal forms, were identified as procedural acts. In addition, these verbal forms were often significantly different from the explicit forms where proper legal terms were used. Read more
- Lord Patrick Devlin’s Concept of Public Morality in the Light of Case Law of the European Court of Human Rights
The aim of this article is to present the case law of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR), in cases concerning public morality, in the context of one of the most important debates in 20th century legal philosophy: the dispute between Patrick Devlin and Herbert L.A. Hart. Read more
- David DeGrazia on Animal Rights: A Critical Analysis
The article aims to critically discuss the theory of animal rights developed by American social philosopher David DeGrazia. It consists of two parts. Read more
- Narrativity of Legal Language in Law-Making Processes
The paper concerns the relation between argumentative and narrative features of legal texts and the question whether legal texts can be perceived as narrative texts. A narrative text is understood as transferring a story to the recipient through a given medium. Read more
- Legal Reasoning as Practical Reasoning in John M. Finnis’ New Natural Law Theory
This paper presents practical reasoning in the light of John M. Finnis’ new natural law theory. Read more
- Should a Court Be Understanding for the Legislator? On Legislative Error from the Perspective of the Theory of Legal Interpretation
In the actual legislative processes, errors are often made: the legislator’s intentions are not always properly expressed in the legal provisions or there is insufficient clarity. The discrepancy between what the legislator said and what they meant to say poses a serious challenge to the theory and practice of legal interpretation. Read more
- Collaborative Law: Legal Practice Based on Cooperation
The main aim of the paper is to characterize the assumptions of the original legal practice based on cooperation, usually referred to as collaborative law. In order to achieve this goal, the author considers the following issues: 1) the essence, principles and limitations of collaborative law; 2) selected features of collaborative practice; 3) the main differences and similarities between collaborative law and mediation. Read more
- Karol Dobrzeniecki, “Law on Emergency Situations. Between Legalism and Necessity”. A Review
The subject of the review is a monograph by Karol Dobrzeniecki “Law on emergency situations. Between legalism and necessity” (Toruń 2018). Read more
- Conference Report „Law and Literature”, Gdańsk, 31 May 2019
- IVR Best Philosophy of Law Book Prize 2017-2018, Lucerne, 10 July 2019