The Chair of European Law, at the Faculty of Law and Administration of the Jagiellonian University in Krak\u00f3w, was established in 1994 as one of Poland\u2019s first academic units to focus on European law (operating initially as the European Law Institute, a year later it was transformed into a Chair). In the 1995-1997 academic years, lectures on European Union law were given by Dominik Lasok, visiting Professor Emeritus in European Law from Exeter, UK.<\/p>\n
The Chair is managed by Professor Dr hab. Stanis\u0142aw Biernat who is also a judge and Vice-President of the Polish Constitutional Tribunal.<\/p>\n
The research conducted within the Chair is concerned with issues which are the subject of lively academic debates. Current themes pursued by the Chair include: theoretical and legal issues of the understanding of EU law as a legal system,<\/p>\n
The results of academic research carried out at the Chair are demonstrated through the following publications [link to Publications].<\/strong> The Chair\u2019s staff, its doctoral and master-degree students receive numerous awards and distinctions for their academic work [link to awards and distinctions].<\/strong> Many of the Chair\u2019s graduates work for EU institutions and bodies, and for public institutions domestically.<\/p>\n Current issues of EU law are discussed during academic meetings at the Chair which (being combined with doctoral seminaries) are held once a month. These are also attended by speakers and debaters from outside of the Chair, including from other universities and public institutions, as well as foreign visitors. The Chair of European Law organizes, on a regular basis, national conferences on current issues of European law, and its staff and doctoral students actively participate in national and international conferences. The Chair also maintains continuing contacts with many foreign universities. In particular, for 8 years now, there have been Polish-German students\u2019 seminars, held alternately in Krak\u00f3w and Jena, as part of the liaison with the Friedrich Schiller University of Jena.<\/p>\n \u0633\u0631\u0648\u0631 \u0627\u062e\u062a\u0635\u0627\u0635\u06cc \u0627\u06cc\u0631\u0627\u0646<\/a><\/p>\nThe Chair\u2019s staff and doctoral students have been conferred the following academic titles and degrees:<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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Holders of academic post-doctoral degree in law (doktor habilitowany) <\/em>bestowed for their dissertations on:<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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Academic degree of doctor of law awarded for their dissertations on:<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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