DEPARTMENT OF CONSTITUTIONAL LAW

   CHAIR   
Prof. Sławomir Patyra, PhD, Dr. Habil. (Professor at Maria Curie-Skłodowska University)
e-mail: slawomir.patyra@mail.umcs.pl

   STAFF   
Dr. Mateusz Chrzanowski, PhD (Assistant Professor)
Dr. Marcin Gołębiowski, PhD (Assistant Professor)
Dr. Klaudia Jastrzębska-Wójcicka, PhD (Assistant Professor)
Prof. Grzegorz Koksanowicz, PhD, Dr. Habil. (Professor at Maria Curie-Skłodowska University)
Dr. Habil. Wojciech Mojski, PhD (Associate Professor)
Dr. Paweł Sadowski, PhD (Assistant Professor)
Dr. Joanna Szponar-Seroka, PhD (Assistant Professor)
Dr. Marek Woźnicki, PhD (Assistant Professor)

   MAIN DIRECTIONS OF RESEARCH BY DEPARTMENT STAFF MEMBERS   

- Constitutional foundations of state's system of government
- Human rights protection standards
- Parliamentary law
- Electoral law
- Council of Ministers and central government administration
- System of local government
- Systems of government in contemporary states
- Law on political parties
- Institutions of direct democracy
- Administrative lawmaking

   LECTURES DELIVERED BY DEPARTMENT STAFF MEMBERS   

- Constitutional law
- Constitutional system of state authorities
- Political system of the state
- European citizenship
- Fundamentals of constitutional law
- Parliamentary law
- Electoral law and law on referendums
- Systems of government of contemporary states
- European constitutional law
- Institutional protection of civil rights
- Constitutional protection of human rights
- Constitutional protection of rights of the individual
- Constitutional acpects of lawmaking
- Constitutional foundations of social participation in decision-making processes
- Constitutional obligation to provide children with special health care
- Administrative lawmaking
- Image of the US Constitution in cinematography
- Comparative parliamentary law
- Law on political parties

   EXPERT AND SOCIAL ACTIVITY OF DEPARTMENT STAFF MEMBERS (COOPERATION)   

Bureau of Analysis of the Chancellery of the Parliament (Sejm) of the Republic of Poland (currently Bureau of Research and Assessment of Impact of Regulation); Bureau of Analysis and Documentation of the Senate of the Republic of Poland (currently the Analyses and Petitions Office); Commission of Legislative Work of the Senate of the Republic of Poland (10th term and 11th term); Team of Advisors for the Review of the Constitutionality of Law at the Marshal of the Senate of the Republic of Poland (10th term: 2020-2023); Ministry of Justice; Research, Studies and Legislation Centre at the National Bar Council of Attorneys-at-Law; Legal Experts Group of the Batory Foundation; Standing Working Group for Education and Higher Education of the Lublin Region Social Dialogue Council (2021-2024); Foundation Regional Development Agency in Starachowice; Association of Polish Cities; Foundation for the Development of the Education System in Warsaw; District Disciplinary Court of the Lublin Bar Association of Attorneys-at-Law; PGE Dystrybucja S.A. based in Lublin; Committee on Justice and Human Rights of the Parliament (Sejm) of the Republic of Poland (10th term); Local Government Board of Appeal in Lublin; Academic Sports Association; Constitutional Accountability Committee of the Parliament (Sejm) of te Republic of Poland (10t term)

   CORRESPONDENCE ADDRESS OF THE DEPARTMENT   
Department of Constitutional Law
Faculty of Law and Administratiion, UMCS
Plac Marii Curie-Skłodowskiej 5
20-031 Lublin, Poland