VII-th POLISH-CZECH SEMINAR | Gdańsk, 10-13 May 2022

The Department of Constitutional Law and Political Institutions of the Faculty of Law and Administration of the University of Gdańsk and the Faculty of Law and Administration of the Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń are pleased to invite for the VII^th Polish – Czech Seminar, which will take place in Gdańsk between 10 and 13 May 2022 . The title of the Seminar is: “The principle of sovereignty – a fact or a myth in the era of advancing globalization processes (Polish and Czech experiences)”.

The Czech Republic will be represented at the Seminar by representatives from Palackého University in Olomouc, the Metropolitan University in Prague and Charles University in Prague, while the Poland – by representatives from the University of Gdańsk, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, the University of Łódź and the University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn.

The Polish – Czech Seminar is a cyclical scientific event, organized alternately in Poland or in the Czech Republic that constitutes an international forum for discussion and initiation of joint research projects devoted to comparative constitutional law.

Seminar presentations:

K. Klíma, „Social contract” and the influence of politics on constitutionality

P. Uziębło, Sovereignty of the people (nation) in Poland – a constitutional principle or a founding myth?

K. Grajewski, Sovereignty and representation – the Polish experience (2015-2020)

M. Tomoszek, Constitutional identity – the source and the limit of sovereignty

A. Rytel-Warzocha, Protection of the Nation’s sovereignty in times of constitutional crisis

P. Bureš, National sovereignty and multinational corporations

W. Włoch, The Constitutional Tribunal on the primacy of the Constitution: Kelsen’s interpretation of sovereignty

J. Kudrna, European Union Treaties and the sovereignty of the state

D. Lis-Staranowicz, Has the Court of Justice of the European Union acted ultra vires in the case C-121/21?

P. Klíma, The principle of the primacy of EU law over national law – the current perspective

Posters:

D. Ossowska-Salamonowicz, S. Bułajewski, Unitary state and the functioning of local government units

J. Juchniewicz, New perspective on the functions of the Sejm of the Republic of Poland