Tomasz Pietrzykowski
Law, Philosophy, Bioethics, Public Policy
ABOUT ME
Author
Author of numerous books and articles on law, legal theory, philosophy of law and bioethics
Lecturer
Lecturer at the Faculty of Law and Administration of the University of Silesia in Katowice
Manager
Head of the Research Center for Public Policy and Regulatory Governance
Expert
Member of boards and advisory bodies in public institutions.
EXPERIENCE
Vice-Rector for International and Domestic Cooperation of the University of Silesia in Katowice (September 2016 - present)
Chairman of the Board of the National Agency for Academic Exchange in Poland (May 202o - present)
Chairman of the Polish National Ethics Committee for Animal Research (May 202o - present)
Chairman of the Polish National Ethics Committee for Animal Research (May 202o - present)
Chairman of the Board of the University of Physical Education in Katowice (May 202o - present)
Vice Chairman of the Ethics Committee of the Regional Medical Chamber in Katowice (May 202o - present)
President of the Arbitration Court in the Regional Chamber of Commerce in Katowice (May 202o - present)
Vice-Chairman of the Ethics Committee of the Silesian Medical University in Katowice (May 202o - present)
Chairman of the Advisory Council of the Silesian Metropolitan Area - GZM (2017-2020)
Special Advisor to the Mayor of Katowice on Reprivatisation Claims (2008-2010)
Head of the Governmental Administration in the Region of Silesia - Silesian Voievod (2005-2007)
Member of the Supervisory Board of the Silesian Water Management Corporation (2008-2009)
Legal advisor (associate, senior, of counsel) at the Studnicki, Pleszka, Cwiakalski, Gorski Law Firm, Branch office in Katowice (1999- present)
Member of the Legal Expert Group of Stefan Batory Foundation (2016-present)
EDUCATION
Master of Law
at University of Silesia in Katowice 1993-1998
ADDITIONAL
Best Habilitation in Legal Sciences Award
Granted by "Państwo i Prawo" Journal for the book "Intuition in Legal Thinking. Towards External Integration of Legal Theory" in 2013
Compassion Award
granted by Gaia Club for the book "A Dispute over Animal Rights" in 2009
Doctor of Law (Specialisation in Legal Theory and Philosophy of Law)
University of Silesia in Katowice 2004, cum laude
The Title of Full Professor of Legal Sciences
Granted by the President of the Republic of Poland in 2022
Habilitation in Legal Sciences
University of Silesia in Katowice 2012
on the basis of the book "Intuition in Legal Thinking. Towards External Integration of Legal Theory"
Diploma in English and European Law
Cambridge University in cooperation with the University of Silesia in Katowice 1997-1999
Green Check Award
granted by Regional Environmental Protection Fund for contributions in animal protection law in 2014
Skill and Competence Award
granted by Regional Chamber of Commerce for contribution to creating legal foundations of the Silesian Metropolitan Area in 2008
The Title of Legal Advisor
granted by the Regional Chamber of Legal Advisors in Katowice in 2005
GRANTS AND RESEARCH PROJECTS
Theoretical Aspects of Retroactivity of the Law (Principal Investigator)
Scientific Research Committee (2001)
Scholarship at the Leibniz University in Hanover
Foundation of Polish-German Cooperation (2008)
International Visitors Program
US State Department (2007)
Human, Not Too Human. Theoretical Account of Legal Personhood in the Context of Scientific and Technological Progress (Principal Investigator)
National Science Center (2012-2015)
Theoretical Foundations of Legal Protection of Animals. Conceptual, Systemic and Comparative Aspects (Principal Investigator).
National Science Center (2017-2021)
New Human Rights (Team Member)
National Science Center (2017-2021)
Limits of Naturalisation of the Law (Team Member)
National Science Center (2017-2021)
Statute 2.0 (Team Member)
Dialog Grant Programme (2018-2019)
PUBLICATIONS (SELECTED)
BOOKS (SELECTED)
Foundations of Animal Law. Concepts - Principles - Dilemmas, University of Silesia Press, 2023
available online in open access: https://wydawnictwo.us.edu.pl/sites/wydawnictwo.us.edu.pl/files/wus_2023_pietrzykowski_foundations_of_animal_law_ebook.pdf
Etyka w administracji publicznej (Ethics in Public Administration), co-author I. Bogucka, Wolters Kluwer,Warszawa 2021, 5 edition (first edition 2010)
Personhood Beyond Humanism. Animals, Chimeras, Autonomous Agents and the Law,Springer International Publishing 2018
Naturalizm i granice nauk prawnych (Naturalism and the frontiers of legal sciences), Wolters Kluwer Warszawa 2017
Ludzkie, niezbyt ludzkie. Esej o podmiotowości prawnej i wyzwaniach XXI wieku (Human, Not Too Human. An Essay on Legal Subjecthood and the Challenges of the 21 Century), Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Slaskiego, Katowice 2016
available online in open access: https://core.ac.uk/reader/232989810
Ujarzmianie Lewiatana. Szkice o idei rzadow prawa (Taming of the Leviathan. Essays on the Idea of the Rule of Law), Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Slaskiego, Katowice 2014
available online in open access: https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/197749284.pdf
Intuicja prawnicza. W stronę zewnetrznej integracji teorii prawa (Intution in Legal Thinking. Towards External Integration of Legal Theory), Difin Warszawa 2012
System Prawa Prywatnego. T. 1: Prawo cywilne - czesc ogolna (System of Private Law: General Part of the Civil Law). Ed. Marek Safjan, Chapter XI, 2 edition, C.H. Beck Warszawa 2012
Etyczne problemy prawa (Ethical Problems of Law), LexisNexis Warszawa 2011
Podstawy prawa intertemporalnego: zmiany przepisow a problemy stosowania
prawa (Foundations of Intertemporal Law. Changes of Legal Regulations and the Problems of Applying the Law), LexisNexis Warszawa 2011
Wyzwania moralne: etyczne problemy prawa (Morał Challenges. Ethical Problems of Law), Naukowa Oficyna Wydawnicza, Katowice 2010
Wsteczne dzialanie prawa i jego zakaz (Retroactive Operation of Law and its Prohibition), Zakamycze, Krakow 2004
Zygmunt Tobor - Pisma wybrane. Prawo, interpretacja, intencja. Co-editors: A. Bielska-Brodziak, S. Tkacz, Wolters Kluwer, Warszawa 2022
New Approaches to the Personhood in Law. Essays in Legal Philosophy (co-ed. B. Stancioli), Frankfurt a.m. 2016
Legal Personhood. Animals, Articial Intelligence and the Unborn (co-ed. V. Kurki), Springer International Publishing, 2016
W kregu teorii prawa i zagadnień prawa europejskiego (Legal Theory and European Law Problems), Humanitas, Sosnowiec 2007
Studia de lege et civitate. Co-ed. A. Wentkowska, Kolo Naukowe Prawnikow, Katowice 1997
EDITED VOLUMES
ARTICLES
Most of my 80+ articles, papers, and reviews may be found (mostly in full-text versions) online at:
https://silesian.academia.edu/TomaszPietrzykowski
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Tomasz-Pietrzykowski/research
Ph.D PROJECTS SUPERVISION
Principle of proportionality and its role in the argumentation of the Constitutional Tribunal
Piotr Zak (defended in 2018)
Attitudinal Model of Judicial Behaviour and its Legal-Philosophical Implications
Konrad Kobylinski (defended in 2020)
3R Principle in the Polish Law on the Protection of Experimental Animals
Justyna Knosala (defended in 2021)
Plain Language Movement and Legal Texts
Natalia Zych
PROJECTS IN PROGRESS
Nudge as an Instrument of Legal Regulation
Maria Pawinska
Ph.D SUPERVISION GRANTS
Nudge as Instrument of Legal Regulation
Maria Pawinska (2019-2024)
Interpretive Law
Paulina Konca (2019-2023)
Ph.D PROJECTS REVIEWS
More than 25 Ph.D. projects and 5 habilitation projects reviewed at i.a. Jagiellonian University, University of Warsaw, Monash University, Universita deli Studi di Palermo, Institute of Philosophy and Sociology of the Polish Academy of Sciences, University of Lodz, University of Gdansk, University of Szczecin
CURRENT TEACHING
Introduction to Philosophy for Lawyers (Pl)
Legal System and Legal Language (Eng)
Legal Reasoning (Eng)
Ethical Problems of Law (Pl)
PAST TEACHING (SELECTED)
The Idea of the Rule of Law (Pl)
Legal Theory and Philosophy of Law (Pl)
Introduction to Jurisprudence (Pl)
Legal Protection of Animals (Pl)
The Idea of the Rule of Law (Pl)
PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT (SELECTED)
Participation in the public interest defense against illegitimate reprivatisation claims to the property of the former Giesche corporation.
Contributions to defining legal foundations for the Silesian Metropolitan Area (2007-2016).
Involvement in the rule of law defense initiatives in Poland during the constitutional crisis 2015-2023.
Refinements in the legal foundations of the protection of animals, including major revisions of the animal protection act and the laws protecting animals used for research.
Involvement in the elaboration and implementation of the 'just transition' concept as an approach to regional transformation in Silesia and other European regions.
Active involvement in the reform of the Polish universities and higher-education sector (2017-2019).
Contact information
Tomasz Pietrzykowski
Research Center for Public Policy and Regulatory Governance
Faculty of Law and Administration
University of Silesia in Katowice
Bankowa 11b, 40-007 Katowice
Poland
email: tomasz.pietrzykowski@us.edu.pl