Archiwum Filozofii Prawa i Filozofii Społecznej

Bartosz Wojciechowski, Tożsamość narracyjna jako warunek autentycznej podmiotowości prawnej [Narrative Identity as a Condition for True Legal Subjectivity], series: Jurysprudencja [Jurisprudence], t. 21, Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, Łódź 2023, pp. 180

Patryk Kupis — Wed, 26 Mar 2025 23:16:56 +0000

Dr Joanna M. Dutka

Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań

Keywords: Identity, philosophical narrativism, legal personhood, philosophy of law, minority rights, LGBTQ+ rights.

Language: Polish.

Published: No. 1(42)/2025, pp. 112-118.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.36280/AFPiFS.2025.1.112

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Reflections on the Dynamism and Deliberativeness in the Interpretation of Law on the Example of Cases Concerning LGBTQ+ Rights

Mikołaj Ryśkiewicz — Mon, 28 Nov 2022 17:48:49 +0000

Prof. UŁ dr hab. Bartosz Wojciechowski

University of Łódź

English abstract: The article illustrates the numerous contexts and the multifaceted nature of the LGBTQ+ persons’ rights to citizenship, to have a correct civil status record, or to benefit from tax reductions or exemptions of on the same terms as other citizens, e.g., those in heterosexual unions. It shows how complicated it has become to adjudicate on matters that, in view of the subject-matter of regulation, should be relatively clear and predictable. Reflective interpretation of law makes it possible to take into account its non-eliminable changeability, as well as the fluidity of meaning of terms and phrases used in legal texts – factors which oblige the interpreter to refer to extra-linguistic contexts of interpretation, i.e., to functional and systemic arguments. The author considers that it is not possible to reach an adequate understanding of the current legal context without analysing the social and cultural context, especially when
considering pluralism of values as the modus vivendi of a democratic society.

Keywords: deliberativeness, LGBTQ+, fundamental rights, identity, hard cases, interpretation of law

Language: Polish

Published: Number 4(33)/2022, pp. 21-38

DOI: https://doi.org/10.36280/AFPiFS.2022.4.21

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The Choice of a Way of Life and the Consciousness of a Fundamental Rights

Mikołaj Ryśkiewicz — Sat, 16 Jul 2022 08:19:58 +0000

Prof. UŁ dr hab. Bartosz Wojciechowski

University of Lodz

English abstract: The article deals with the need for acceptance of pluralism of ways of life in modern legal orders, which should allow each individual to find his or her own modus vivendi in a diverse world. Such an attitude is particularly important in the discussion on LGBTQ rights, for which the starting point is the case law of the Supreme Administrative Court in these matters. The author points out that proper exercise of rights and tolerance for pluralism of values, beliefs and ways of life is not possible without legal consciousness of the entities belonging to certain minorities, which is built by a sensitive and pluralistic attitude of judges, reflected in their judgments.

Keywords: equality, (non)discrimination, identity, legal consciousness, axiological pluralism, human dignity, recognition

Language: Polish

Published: Number 2(31)/2022, pp. 97-108.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.36280/AFPiFS.2022.2.97

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