Komisje śledcze w Polsce międzywojennej

Przegląd Prawa Konstytucyjnego 2021, nr 4 (62), s. 287-299.

Współautorstwo: Polak, Piotr

Komisje śledcze stanowią istotny element kontroli sprawowanej nad władzą wykonawczą przez parlamentarzystów. W Polsce ta instytucja ma także długą tradycję, choć kształtowaną na przestrzeni stulecia dwukrotnie od początku, w zupełnie innych warunkach ustrojowych. Nasz artykuł ma za zadanie zaprezentowanie regulacji oraz działania takich komisji w okresie przed i po uchwaleniu Konstytucji z 1921 r. Przyjrzenie się regulacjom i praktyce z okresu dwudziestolecia pozwoli na lepsze zrozumienie uregulowania i funkcjonowania komisji śledczych przewidzianych w art. 111 Konstytucji z 1997 r., powstałej – jak deklaruje jej preambuła „w nawiązaniu do najlepszych tradycji Pierwszej i Drugiej Rzeczypospolitej”.

Committees of inquiry are an important element of parliamentary oversight of the executive. In Poland, this institution also has a long tradition, although it was shaped twice over the course of a century from the beginning, under completely different system conditions. Our article aims to present the regulations and activities of such committees in the period – before and after the adoption of the 1921 Constitution. A closer look at the regulations and practice from the twenty-year period will allow for a better understanding of the regulation and functioning of the committees of inquiry provided for in Art. 111 of the Constitution of 1997, created – as its preamble declares – “in reference to the best traditions of the First and Second Polish Republic”.

Perswazyjna funkcja uzasadnień orzeczeń Federalnego Sądu Najwyższego USA i polskiego Trybunału Konstytucyjnego

Nowy konstytucjonalizm : polityczność, tożsamość, sfera publiczna / redakcja Adam Czarnota, Michał Paździora, Michał Stambulski. Warszawa : Wydawnictwo Naukowe Scholar, 2021, s. 329-370.

Unconstitutionality of Access to Abortion for Embryo-Pathological Reasons : judgment of the Constitutional Tribunal of Poland of 22 October 2020, K 1/20

International Human Rights Law Review 2021, nr 1, s. 168-179.

This article comments on the Polish Constitutional Tribunal judgment delivered on 22 October 2020 on the unconstitutionality of the provision of the Act of 1993 allowing for the termination of pregnancy for embryo-pathological reasons. The author provides a commentary on the judgment from the point of view of its formal features and content and demonstrates that it violates in both respects the right to privacy and freedom from inhuman or degrading treatment, as it was passed without taking into account nor properly balancing the rights of a pregnant mother in a situation of particular vulnerability.

Constitutional law in Poland by Agnieszka Bien-Kacala, Anna Mlynarska-Sobaczewska.

Współautorstwo: Bień-Kacała, Agnieszka

Alphen aan den Rijn Wolters Kluwer International, 2021

ISBN 9789403533018

172 strony. Bibliografia - s. 167-168.

This book was originally published as a monograph in the International Encyclopaedia of Laws/Constitutional Law. Derived from the renowned multi-volume International Encyclopaedia of Laws, this very useful analysis of constitutional law in Poland provides essential information on the country's sources of constitutional law, its form of government, and its administrative structure. Lawyers who handle transnational matters will appreciate the clarifications of particular terminology and its application. Throughout the book, the treatment emphasizes the specific points at which constitutional law affects the interpretation of legal rules and procedure. Thorough coverage by a local expert fully describes the political system, the historical background, the role of treaties, legislation, jurisprudence, and administrative regulations. The discussion of the form and structure of government outlines its legal status, the jurisdiction and workings of the central state organs, the subdivisions of the state, its decentralized authorities, and concepts of citizenship. Special issues include the legal position of aliens, foreign relations, taxing and spending powers, emergency laws, the power of the military, and the constitutional relationship between church and state. Details are presented in such a way that readers who are unfamiliar with specific terms and concepts in varying contexts will fully grasp their meaning and significance. Its succinct yet scholarly nature, as well as the practical quality of the information it provides, make this book a valuable time-saving tool for both practising and academic jurists. Lawyers representing parties with interests in Poland will welcome this guide, and academics and researchers will appreciate its value in the study of comparative constitutional law.