In this issue of Studia Prawnicze we publish articles that result from speeches during the LXIV Congress of Chairs and Departments of Constitutional Law, organised by the ILS PAS (25–26 May 2022) on the 25th anniversary of the adoption of the Constitution of the Republic of Poland by referendum. The conference was devoted to courts’ and tribunals’ interpretation and application of constitutional norms.
The texts published herein present three research perspectives. The first includes evolution of interpretations of Art. 8 of the Polish Constitution (H. Suchocka) and theoretical assumptions for the choice of the constitutional review model used in the Polish legal system (L. Garlicki and M. Granat). The second presents the process of interpreting and applying constitutional norms in cases concerning constitutional rights and freedoms (M. Gutowski), in civil proceedings (J. Podkowik) and in the judicial control over administration (M. Masternak-Kubiak). The third perspective considers how constitutional norms are interpreted and applied by the European Court of Human Rights (A. Mężykowska) and the Court of Justice of the EU (N. Półtorak).
We would like to thank the reviewers for their contribution to this issue of the journal.
Anna Młynarska-Sobaczewska, Aleksandra Mężykowska