2016 No. 2(14)

TABLE OF CONTENTS

I. PAPERS

TOMASZ NIEBORAK, Reform of the budget of the European Union as a process of strengthening the European identity. Are Europeans ready for it?

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ALEKSANDRA WIKTOROWSKA, The essence and meaning of the administrative court proceeding 

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KRYSTYNA WOJTCZAK, On lower academic degrees in the Polish People’s Republic. Part II. Organisation of post-graduate studies (aspirantura) and doctoral studies

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JĘDRZEJ BUJNY, MIKOŁAJ MAŚLIŃSKI, Social rental housing as a service of general economic interest

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PIOTR KOŻUCH, The latest amendments to the Law on Administrative Proceedings

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KONRAD RÓŻOWICZ, The legal nature of judgments delivered by the National Appeals Chamber

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II. JUDICIAL DECISIONS AND CASE REPORTS

KONRAD RÓŻOWICZ, Report on the decision of the Supreme Court of 27 November 2014, file no. IV CSK 115/14

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III. LITERATURE REVIEW

Review of Polish literature

Sebastian Gajewski, Aleksander Jakubowski, Act on organising and conducting cultural activity. Commentary, seria Ustawy w praktyce, C.H. Beck, Warszawa 2016 (opr. Paulina Jankowska)

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Review of foreign law journals

Abdulquawi Yusuf, Diversity of Legal Traditions and International Law: Keynote Address, “Cambridge Journal of International and Comparative Law” 2013, vol. 2, no 4 (by Agnieszka Narożniak)

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Christopher Alexander Thomas, “Globalising sovereignty”? Pettit's neo-republicanism, international law, and international institutions, “The Cambridge Law Journal” 2015, vol. 74, iss. 3 (by Lucyna Staniszewska)

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Rosemary Byrne, The Protection Paradox: Why Hasn’t the Arrival of New Media Transformed Refugee Status Determination?, “International Journal of Refugee Law” 2015, vol. 27, iss. 4 (by Lucyna Staniszewska)

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Alysia Blackham, Tackling Age Discrimination against Older Workers: A Comparative Analysis of Laws in the United Kingdom, “Cambridge Journal of International and Comparative Law” 2015, vol. 4, no. 1 (by Agnieszka Narożniak)

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IV. REPORTS AND INFORMATION

Proceedings of an international scholarly conference “In search of a European doctrine of the freedom of speech”, Poznań, 10 March 2016 (by Michał Urbańczyk)

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Information on Authors

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Information for Authors

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