dr hab. Krzysztof Koźmiński, prof. UW

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Professor at the University of Warsaw, Doctor habilitated of Juridical Science, attorney-at-law, Head of the Department of Economic Analysis of Law, Head of the Centre for Regulatory Impact Assessment and Head of Postgraduate Studies in Legislative Issues at the Faculty of Law and Administration, University of Warsaw. He has been a visiting professor at the University of Edinburgh, the University of Zagreb, and the University of Melbourne.

Expert acting for public institutions (e.g. as a member of the Council of the National Academic Exchange Agency—for two terms as a representative of the Minister of Finance, member of the COVID-19 Council to the Prime Minister, permanent expert of the Extraordinary Committee for Consideration of the Draft Law on Amendments to the Constitution of the Republic of Poland, expert of the Economic and Social Committee of the European Union, expert of the Polish Accreditation Committee, participant in the work of codification commission, member of the Disciplinary Commission of the General Council for Higher Education) and non-governmental organizations (e.g. Vice-Chairman of the Ethics Committee of the Polish Chamber of Commerce and Industry, expert of the Polish Chamber of Commerce). He has also been a member of company supervisory boards and drafted legal opinions and statutory normative acts commissioned by Polish and foreign public authorities.

Author of dozens of scholarly publications, including books on liability for damages for unlawful exercise of public authority, institutions of banking loans indexed and denominated to foreign exchange rates, and the theory and practice of legislation. Speaker at numerous foreign international scientific conferences (including China, India, South Africa, England, Portugal, Croatia, and Ukraine). Lecturer at the Polish Law Schools at the University of Lviv and the University of Kyiv, as well as the legislative postgraduate qualification studies offered by the Government Legislation Centre and the Belvedere Summer School of the President of the Republic of Poland.

master’s degree in law, University of Warsaw (2009)
completed individual interdisciplinary studies in, inter alia, political science, sociology, philosophy and history at the Jagiellonian University and the University of Warsaw (2010)
PhD in law, University of Warsaw (2012)
Post-doctoral degree in law (habilitation), University of Warsaw (2019)
attorney-at-law, member of the Warsaw Bar Association (2020) – entry no: WA-14977

Head of the Department of Economic Analysis of Law, Faculty of Law and Administration, University of Warsaw, since 2021
Head of the Centre for Regulatory Impact Assessment, Faculty of Law and Administration, University of Warsaw, since 2022
Head of Postgraduate Studies in Legislative Issues, Faculty of Law and Administration, University of Warsaw, since 2022
Deputy Head of the Centre for the Promotion of Polish Legal Studies (Head of representative office in Kiev), Faculty of Law and Administration, University of Warsaw, since 2017
Managing Partner at Jabłoński, Koźmiński and Partners law firm, since 2020.
Member of the supervisory board of Przedsiębiorstwo Budownictwa Wodnego S.A. (2016-2017)
President of the “Laboratory of Law and Economy” Foundation, since 2013
Senior lawyer, Law Office of Prof. Hubert Izdebski Jan Zieliński (2012-2015)
Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Law and Administration, University of Warsaw, since 2010

Author of numerous legal opinions and memoranda, expert opinions and legislative drafts commissioned by foreign institutions (e.g. the Parliament of Georgia, the European Economic and Social Committee), Polish institutions (e.g. ministries, the Marshal of the Sejm, the Chancellery of the Prime Minister, the Chancellery of the President of the Republic of Poland, local government authorities, central offices, etc.), as well as entrepreneurs, companies and industry organisations
Author and co-author of dozens of draft normative acts and bills (including laws, regulations, acts of internal and municipal law)
Permanent expert at the Sejm’s Extraordinary Committee for Consideration of the Draft Law on Amendments to the Constitution of the Republic of Poland
Member of an expert advisory council to the Prime Minister in connection with the coronavirus outbreak
Representation of one of the largest Polish banks in proceedings before the Supreme Court
Representation of clients in proceedings before the Court of First Instance and the Court of Justice of the European Union against European Union bodies
Membe of the Council of the National Academic Exchange Agency (representative of the Minister of Finance), the Banking Ethics Committee (Vice-Chairman), the Programme Council of the Warsaw Banking Institute
Representation of investors in proceedings challenging building permits, decisions on development conditions, local spatial development plans, environmental decisions
Representation of a non-governmental organization in the process of presentation thereby of a friend of the court opinion (amicus curiae) in proceedings before the Supreme Court, the Constitutional Tribunal and the Court of Justice of the European Union
Winner of the Nicolaus Copernicus Medal for his efforts to create a legal environment ensuring the efficient functioning of Polish banking
Laureate of numerous individual awards of the Rector of the University of Warsaw (incl. an individual award and an individual award of the third degree for teaching excellence)
Laureate of the silver medal “Sapientia et Veritas for services to Polish science”
Laureate of the Badge of Honour of the Minister of Health “For Merits to Health Protection”

Selected publications:

Monographs

M. Jabłoński, K. Koźmiński, The financial liability of public authorities towards citizens. Empirical studies. Case law studies, Warsaw 2015
M. Jabłoński, K. Koźmiński, Banking loans denominated in and indexed to foreign exchange rates in case law, Warsaw 2018
K. Koźmiński, Legislative technique of the Second Polish Republic, Warsaw 2019
K. Koźmiński, Directions for the Reform of Open Pension Funds, Warsaw 2021

Scholarly edition

Scholarly edition of the multi-author publication (co-authored with E. Gierach, M. Jabłoński), ‘Property liability of public authorities’, Warsaw 2016
Scholarly edition of volume 71 of Studia Iuridica, ‘The Impact of European Law on Polish and Ukrainian Legal Systems. “The Impact of European Law on Polish and Ukrainian Legal Systems”
Academic editor (co-authored with M. Zubik, K. Szczucki) of volume 74 of Studia Iuridica entitled “The Impact of European Law on Polish and Ukrainian Legal Systems”. “Leon Petrażycki and his work”
M. Jabłoński, K. Koźmiński (eds.), Proceedings concerning mortgages denominated in the Swiss franc following the CJEU judgment in Case C-260/18, Wyd. Drugie, Warsaw 2020

Chapters in monographs (edited collections)

Language of the Constitution of the Republic of Poland of 2 April 1997. [in:] The Language of Polish law – a European perspective, A. Niewiadomski (ed.), Warsaw 2015, pp. 65-79
Reflection on the concept of ‘administrative regulations’ in Michał Kulesza’s perspective, [in:] Public mission, community, state. Studies in Law and Administration. Book dedicated to the memory of Professor Michał Kulesza. vol. 2, Warsaw 2016, pp. 135-146
Principles of legislative technique – Polish experience and tradition [in:] The Language of Polish law: new challenges, A. Niewiadomski (ed.), Warsaw 2016, pp. 71-88
Institution of indemnity liability of public authorities in the views of judges and officials – results of empirical studies, [in:] Financial liability of public authorities, E. Gierach, M. Jabłoński, K. Koźmiński (eds.), Warsaw 2016, pp. 203-222
Penalisation of propagation of totalitarian system of states [in:] On freedom of speech and religion. Practice and theory, F. Longchamps de Bérier, K. Szczucki (eds.), Warsaw 2016, pp. 74- 100
Illusion of the sovereignty of the nation in the Constitution of the Third Republic [in:] In defence of sovereignty, J. Majchrowski (ed.), Warsaw 2017, pp. 114-135
Stanislaw Ehrlich’s theory of law – legal realism made in PRL? [in:] Borderlands in the history of law and political-legal thought, D. Szpoper, P. Dąbrowski (eds.), Gdańsk-Olsztyn 2017, pp. 369-385
The language of the legislator – principles, values, general clauses or dilatory formulations? [in:] Legal language and legalese. The 1^st Poland-wide congress, D. Kondratczyk-Przybylska, A. Niewiadomski, E. Walewska (eds.), Warsaw 2017, pp. 105-124
Reform of the official food control system – difficulties in the legislative process, [in:] Official Food Control. Theory and practice, M. Korzycka, P. Wojciechowski (eds.), Warsaw 2018, pp. 67-87
The legislative technique of the Second Republic of Poland – tradition and modernity [in:] Between Tradition and Modernity. Polish Law on the 100th Anniversary of Regaining Independence, Ł. Pisarczyk (ed.), Warsaw 2019, pp. 167-185
Polish Legislative Technique against the European Background: Tradition and Experiences, [in:] Theory and Practice of Codification: the Chinese and Polish Perspective, F. Longchamps de Bérier, P. Grzebyk, Su Chen (eds.), Beijing (Beijing) 2019, pp. 58-79

Articles in academic journals

I. Case study of Article 15ze of the COVID special law as an example of ‘epidemic legislation’, Horizons of Politics, 12/2021, pp. 11-29
II. Restricting trade on Sundays: predicting the impact of the regulation or fortune-telling?, Studia Iuridica, 78/2018
III. The COVID Crisis as a Sample Tube with Contemporary Legal Phenomena, Central European Journal of Comparative Law, 2/2020, pp. 105-121
IV. Permanent ineffectiveness of an abusive clause – commentary on resolution (7) of the Supreme Court of 7 May 2021. (III CZP 6/21), Banking Law Monitor, 3 (136)/2022, pp. 51-64
V. Experiences of the COVID-19 era and development trends of contemporary law [in:] Law during the COVID-19 pandemic, Warsaw 2022, pp. 28-40
VI. Compensatory liability of public authorities in the views of judges, Infos, no. 21 (204)/2015, pp. 65-79
VII. 10 years of the Polish Act on Lobbying Activity – 10 years of disappointments, Studia Iuridica, no. 68/(2016), pp. 105-123
VIII. Community as a legal value – a communitarian perspective, Fragile. Cultural Magazine, no. 1 (31)/2016, pp. 34-42
IX. Critique of economic analysis of law, UW Law Review, no. 1/2016, pp. 31-60
X. Bank loans denominated and indexed to foreign currency – a Polish, Ukrainian or Europe-Wide problem?, Studia Iuridica, no. 71/2017, pp. 117-135.
XI. Between bureaucracy and ‘quangocracy’. A few words on civil service reform under Margaret Thatcher, Zeszyty Prawnicze UKSW, no. 17.3/2017; pp. 79-114.
XII. Current issues of Polish law, Sociology of Law 1-2 (24-25)/2018, pp. 16-24.

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When the system fails—on university’s responsibility to protect student rights

The representatives of the injured graduates of Collegium Humanum (currently “Varsovia”) take further action in both civil and administrative law, handling complex, multi-faceted…

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Doradztwo regulacyjne, compliance & Prawo UE w 2024 roku: Przegląd i podsumowanie kluczowych zmian

Rok 2024 był czasem intensywnych zmian w obszarze regulacji prawnych i compliance, które znacząco wpłyną na funkcjonowanie podmiotów gospodarczych w Unii Europejskiej. Dynamiczny…

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The European Accessibility Act—new standards for a common digital space

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