Department of European Law and Comparative Law

Research staff:

Assoc. Prof. Tomasz Koncewicz, DSc (Head of the Department) [e-mail]

Assoc. Prof. Monika Adamczak-Retecka, DSc [e-mail]

Marcin Michalak, PhD [e-mail]

Olga Śniadach, PhD [e-mail]

Krystyna Warylewska-Kamuś, MA [e-mail]

Department secretary:

Oliwia Kapecka, MA

e-mail: sekretariat03@prawo.ug.edu.pl

Scientific development and research of the Department
on the 50th Anniversary of the Faculty of Law and Administration (1970-2020)

History of the Department:

The Department was established in 2008 on the basis of the European Centre founded by prof. Zdzisław Brodecki in 1995. Research fields include the philosophy and theory of European law, the processes of the constitutionalisation of European law and the Europeanisation of national law, the role of courts and judicial dialogue in integration processes, the relationship between political integration and integration through law, the substantive law of the European Union and the comparative studies of legal systems. These correspond to the Department's teaching, which takes place in the form of lectures, seminars, doctoral studies and foreign law schools in cooperation with foreign institutions (Cambridge, Toulouse).

In 2013, after several decades of scientific work, prof. dr hab. Zdzisław Brodecki retired and dr hab. Tomasz T. Koncewicz, prof. UG. took over as head of the Department.

Academic activities of the Department - main research areas

Judicial dialogue, European private law, European Area of Freedom, Security and Justice, the limits of the jurisdiction of the Court of Justice, the role of constitutional courts in integration processes, European Union Public Space, EU citizenship, protection of individual rights, liability for damages for climate damage, European Food Law, EU relations with international organisations and third countries.
 

Publications; major monographs, textbooks, articles and chapters in monographs  

Adamczak-Retecka M., Śniadach O., Climate change and food security - the legal aspects with special focus on European Union, (Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Gdańskiego, 2019)

Adamczak-Retecka M., Odpowiedzialność odszkodowawcza za szkody klimatyczne z perspektywy prawa Unii Europejskiej, Wyd. Uniwersytetu Gdańskiego, Gdańsk, 2017)

A. Klimaszewska, M. Mariański, J. J. Zięty, K. Warylewska, Spółka z ograniczoną odpowiedzialnością (sociéte à responsabilité limitée) we Francuskim Kodeksie Handlowym : tekst przepisów wraz z tłumaczeniem oraz porównaniem do polskiego Kodeksu Spółek Handlowych, Olsztyn : Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Warmińsko-Mazurskiego, 2017.

T.T. Koncewicz, Prawo z ludzką twarzą, Warszawa, 2015 

Z. Brodecki, (ed.), Wielka Encyklopedia Prawa, Vol. III, Prawo Unii Europejskiej, Wyd. Fundacja "Ubi societas, ibi ius", Warszawa 2014.

A. Łazowski, A. Zawidzka- Łojek (ed.), Instytucje i porządek prawny Unii Europejskiej, Wyd. EuroPrawo, Warszawa 2013. Chapters authored by: M. Adamczak-Retecka, Olga Hołub-Śniadach

Z. Brodecki (ed.), Europa przedsiębiorców, Wyd. Lexis Nexis, Warszawa 2011

Z. Brodecki, Prawo Integracji. Konstytucja dla Europy, Wyd. Lexis Nexis, Warszawa 2011

M. Adamczak- Retecka, Odpowiedzialność odszkodowawcza jednostek za naruszenie prawa wspólnotowego, Wyd. Instytut Wydawniczy EuroPrawo, Warszawa 2010

Z. Brodecki, M. Konopacka, A. Brodecka- Chamera, Komparatystyka kultur prawnych, Wyd. Wolters Kluwer, Warszawa 2010.

T. T. Koncewicz, Aksjologia unijnego kodeksu proceduralnego, Wyd. C.H.Beck, Warszawa 2010.

M. Konopacka Multilevel Injustice and The Judge or The Golden Legend of St George as told in contemporary Europe. Wielopoziomowa niesprawiedliwość a Sędzia albo Złota Legenda o Świętym Jerzym opowiedziana we współczesnej Europie, Warszawa 2010

T.T. Koncewicz, (co-author): Ochrona przyrody przed Trybunałem Sprawiedliwości. Komentarz, Warszawa 2010, Wydawnictwo OTOP.

Z. Brodecki, (ed), Europa Urzędników, Wyd. Lexis Nexis, Warszawa 2009.

T. T. Koncewicz, Procedural Justice in the European Community Law. Myth or Reality, Warszawa, 2009

Courses taught by the staff of the Department of European Law and Comparative Law

The academic and teaching staff of the Department teach courses in law and administration as well as in the newly established Business Law and Administration (since 2014) and Criminology programmes at the Faculty of Law and Administration and the Faculty of Economics of the University of Gdańsk. Classes taught include the following subjects: European Union law, institutions and sources of the European Union, the legal system of the European Union, the legal protection system in the EU, the funding system for EU projects, EU law in clerk's work, EU sectoral policies.

Other Department projects

               The Department is home to the school of British law, operated in partnership with the University of Cambridge. The course ends with a certificate in English and European Union Law. In 2012, the School of French law was opened in collaboration with the Faculty of Law of Toulouse Capitole University. Participants in the course shall be awarded the Certificat d'introduction au droit français et européen. The European and Comparative Law research group was re-established in 2014 under the Department of European Law and Comparative Law.

               The Department of European Law and Comparative Law is involved in projects to promote European law, civic legal awareness, and legal culture. The staff of the Department are intensively involved in events promoting knowledge about the European Union. The Department works closely with the European Commission's representation in Poland, with which it organises national competitions for knowledge about the EU.  Staff also speak out in public debate and publish on current developments on legal issues.

               In the years 2015 - 2017, the research project of NCN no 2014/15/d/HS5/02678 Prawne aspekty wpływu zmian klimatycznych na bezpieczeństwo żywnościowe z perspektywy Unii Europejskiej was carried out, led by dr hab. Monika Adamczak-Retecka with dr Olga Śniadach.

               The following international research projects are carried out under the supervision of dr hab. prof. UG Tomasz Tadeusz Koncewicz:  H 2020 Reconciling Europe with its Citizens through Democracy and Rule of Law (RECONNECT) and H 2020 JUSTICE: Trust, Independence, Impartiality and Accountability for judges and arbitrators under the EU Charter.