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- Four puzzles about the rule of law: why, what, where? And who cares? (part 2)
Central among the many obscurities that attend the rule of law are those named in the title of the article. The first part contains some preliminary remarks and attempt to answer the first question. Read more
- The Very Idea of Legal Positivism
Much in recent discussions on legal positivism suggests that the controversy surrounding the notion turns on the distinction between inclusive and exclusive legal positivism. As a point of departure in distinguishing them, the separation principle is helpful. Read more
- Law of spontaneous order – Hayekian concept of regulation
In the article three general questions were posed as a means of presenting explorative issue: (1) Law as regulation of an order; (2) Law as regulation of a liberty; (3) Controversy of social industry in law. Read more
- Aitia – Aristotlelian guilt. Definitional issues
When engaging in polemics with Pythagoras, Aristotle observed that the retributive function of punishment, as distinguished from the preventative one, does not involve revenge understood as material retaliation (i.e. suffering for suffering, meaning retaliation proportional to the damage suffered). Read more
- In dubio contra reo? Peter Fechter Case
The subject of the present paper is the evaluation of application of the rule in dubio pro reo in one of the so-called Border Guard Cases (Mauerschützenprozesse), known as the case of Peter Fechter. Read more
- The cultural grounds of Japanese criminal law in action
The author describes the Japanese way of criminal justice in practice (law in action). But he shows the Japanese law in action as a ‘product’ of a quite different culture then the culture of Western World. Read more
- Metafizyka prawa czy nowy program badawczy w studiach nad kodyfikacjami cesarskiego prawa chińskiego. Artykuł recenzyjny książki Jiang Yonglin, The Mandate of Heaven and The Great Ming Code
- Antoni Kość (1949-2011)
- Wielopłaszczyznowe badanie nauk prawnych – konferencja naukowa „Prawo i…” Zasadność interdyscyplinarnego ujęcia prawa, 2–3.12.2011 r.
- XX Jubileuszowy Zjazd Katedr Teorii i Filozofii Prawa – Integracja zewnętrzna i wewnętrzna prawoznawstwa, 6–9.09.2012 r.
- Konferencja – Wzorce wykładni konstytucji w Polsce i państwach Europy Środkowo-Wschodniej: doktryna i praktyka, 2.10.2012 r.