As a response to widespread structural or endemic human rights violations, in 2004 the
European Court began to issue pilot judgments, the aim of which was not only to exert …

Different theories have been developed, mainly in the context of the United States, to explain
judicial decision-making. In this respect, there is an important ongoing debate over whether …

This book examines how contemporary migrants form and transform their involvement with
the law in their host countries and which factors influence this relationship. It suggests a …

With contributions from experts in the field of sociology of law, this book provides an
overview of current perspectives on socio-legal studies. It focuses particularly on the …

Recent literature in experimental philosophy has postulated the existence of the
abstract/concrete paradox (ACP): the tendency to activate inconsistent intuitions (and …

In this book, Bogusia Puchalska develops an original theory of democratic constitutionalism
and uses it to support the argument that constitution-making and law-making in …

This chapter addresses the question of to what extent the Polish Constitutional Tribunal
(PCT) was an important political actor in Poland in the period 1993–2015. A major indicator …

We współczesnym, globalizującym się społeczeństwie, określanym także jako
społeczeństwo ponowoczesne, coraz trudniejsze, o ile w ogóle możliwe, staje się …

The subject of this study are the argumentation strategies applied by the Polish and German
apex courts competent in criminal matters, namely the Supreme Court and the Federal Court …

Najczesciej przez stosowanie prawa rozumie sie proces decyzyjny podejmowany przez
kompetentny organ panstwowy, prowadzacy do wydania wiazacej decyzji o charakterze …