Department of Public Economic Law and Environmental Protection Law

Research staff:

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

Prof. Janina Ciechanowicz-McLean [e-mail]

Prof. Andrzej Powałowski [e-mail]

Assoc. Prof. Anna Dobaczewska, DSc [e-mail]

Assoc. Prof. Diana Trzcińska, DSc [e-mail]

Hanna Wolska, PhD [e-mail]

Joanna Kiraga, MA [e-mail]

Department secretary:

Wioletta Jeznach, MA

e-mail: sekretariat02@prawo.ug.edu.pl

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

The history of the Department of Public Economic Law and Environmental Protection Law

The history of the Department of Public Economic Law and Environmental Protection Law dates back to 1994 when two independent entities – the Department of Agricultural and Environmental Law and the Department of Public Economic Law by a resolution of the Faculty of Law and Administration and the UG Senate established the Department of Public Economic Law and Environmental Protection Law. The head of the new unit was prof. dr hab. Janina Ciechanowicz-McLean. In 2016, prof. dr hab. Andrzej Powałowski took over as head of the Department.

The Department of Public Economic Law and Environmental Protection Law uniquely combines business and environmental issues. Such a modern field of research at the Department enables the implementation of the concept of sustainable development in education, economy, and law. The Department remains one of the leading research centres in this field among all law and administration faculties in Poland.

The Department cooperates scientifically and didactically with the Faculty of Chemistry, Faculty of Humanities, Faculty of Social Sciences, Faculty of Oceanography and Geography, Faculty of Management, Faculty of Economics, Faculty of Biology. Within the framework of its teaching activities, the Department offers a wide range of compulsory and optional subjects in all fields of study at the Faculty of Law and Administration in all modes and forms, as well as at other faculties of the University of Gdańsk.

The research activities of the Department include the following areas:

Economic environmental law (prof. Janina Ciechanowicz-McLean);

State interventionism in the economy (dr hab. Anna Dobaczewska, prof. UG);

Environmental protection in international law (prof. Janina Ciechanowicz-McLean, dr hab. Maciej Nyka, prof. UG);

Legal liability in environmental protection (dr hab. Diana Trzcińska);

Legal protection of the marine environment (prof. Janina Ciechanowicz-McLean, dr hab. Maciej Nyka, prof. UG);

Legal protection of the environment in the European Union (prof. Janina Ciechanowicz-McLean);

Law of business activity (dr hab. Anna Dobaczewska, prof. UG, prof. Andrzej Powałowski, dr Hanna Wolska)

Energy law (prof. Andrzej Powałowski)

The law of infrastructure sectors (dr hab. Anna Dobaczewska, prof. UG, prof. dr hab. Andrzej Powałowski)

Competition law (dr hab. Anna Dobaczewska, prof. UG, prof. Andrzej Powałowski)

Wildlife conservation law (prof. Janina Ciechanowicz-McLean, dr hab. Diana Trzcińska, prof. UG)

Environmental  protection law (prof. Janina Ciechanowicz-McLean, dr hab. Maciej Nyka, prof. UG, dr hab. Diana Trzcińska)

The law of public aid (dr hab. Anna Dobaczewska, prof. UG)

Entrepreneurship law (dr hab. Anna Dobaczewska, prof. UG, prof. Andrzej Powałowski, dr Hanna Wolska)

Public procurement law (dr hab. Anna Dobaczewska, prof. UG, prof. Andrzej Powałowski, dr Hanna Wolska)

Ownership transformations in the economy (prof. Andrzej Powałowski)

Public health law (dr Hanna Wolska, dr hab. Maciej Nyka, prof. UG)

Regulation of the medical services sector (dr hab. Maciej Nyka, prof. UG, Dr Hanna Wolska)

Judicial review of compliance with environmental law (dr hab. Diana Trzcińska)

Public administration tasks in the field of environmental protection (prof. Janina Ciechanowicz-McLean, dr hab. Maciej Nyka, prof. UG; dr hab. Diana Trzcińska)

The Department of Public Economic Law and Environmental Protection Law enriches the educational offer of the Faculty of Law and Administration of the University of Gdańsk by offering up to three types of postgraduate studies:

Legal Conditions for Conducting Business (Head: prof. Andrzej Powałowski)

Personal Data Protection (Head: prof. Andrzej Powałowski)

Taxes and Tax Law (Head: dr hab. Anna Dobaczewska, prof. UG)

The Department of Public Economic Law and Environmental Protection Law also extends its scientific care to the Public Economic Law research group.