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- Personalistic dialogue and cognition of natural law
The article concerns cognition of natural law in the process of personalistic introspection and personalistic dialogue. The author points out that the negation of metaphysics that was established in modernity, achieving its zenith in the post-modern thought, leads as a result to alienation of a human being, not only in the sphere of his work, but in his whole spiritual sphere. Read more
- Court as the incarnation of the People. Deconstruction of the idea of popular constitutionalism
The subject of this article is an analysis of the idea of popular constitutionalism formulated in American philosophy of law. The starting point for the author is to identify the lack of legitimacy of contemporary government, and consequently its product – the positive law. Read more
- A few comments on the formalization of legal reasonings under analogy legis and a contrario
The paper shows some of the problems related to the formalization of legal reasonings under analogia legis and a contrario, and discusses some of the specific proposals in this regard. Built formal models are based on the concept of monotonic logic and nonmonotonic logic. Read more
- The limits of religious argumentation in the public sphere. Between participation and coercion
The article is devoted to the question of the presence of religious argumentation in the public sphere. The crucial problem is whether the religious argument should be completely accepted in the public discussion as sufficient basis for e.g. law-making or not, and – if so – what are necessary conditions of the presence of such factor. Read more
- The ius et lex distinction in the contemporary legal science
The aim of the paper is to clarify the concepts of ius and lex, as well as to indicate main interpretations of these concepts in the contemporary jurisprudence. For the concepts of ius and lex are not only of historical significance (as used in the legal discourse of the ancient Rome), but they are present in the entire history of the Western legal culture – since ancient times until today. Read more
- The influence of the conscience clause and cultural defense on the appraisal of the structure of crime
The submitted study is devoted to the clause of conscience and cultural defense. The initial arguments are focused on explaining the indicated terms, by referring to current doctrinal positions. Read more
- Critical analysis of a judicial discourse on the legal situation of homosexuals in the light of Article 18 of the Constitution of the Republic of Poland
In this paper, I make an attempt to conduct a critical analysis of judicial discourse devoted to the situation of homosexual persons in the light of Article 18 of the Constitution of the Republic of Poland. In order to show how unequal treatment of homosexuals is being reproduced, I analyze selected rulings of the Polish Constitutional Tribunal, Supreme Court and administrative courts. Read more
- Communicative rationality as the basis for the legitimacy of good governance
The main aim of this paper is to demonstrate that the concept of good governance, based on the theoretical description and methodology of the sciences of organization, public management and economy, auxiliary extending to other reconstructive sciences (political science, sociology, psychology), has the cognitive dimension, referring to the practical reasoning of individuals. Read more
- III Międzynarodowe Warsztaty o Prawie i Ideologii Rządy prawa a polityka konfliktu, Tbilisi, Gruzja, 23–24 maja 2016 r.
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- XXII Zjazd Katedr Teorii i Filozofii Prawa Prawo – polityka – sfera publiczna, Wrocław, 18–21 września 2016 r.