Marek Zubik

Marek Zubik

Justice MAREK TADEUSZ ZUBIK (Przemyśl, Poland, 1974), professor of law, is director of the Chair of Constitutional Law at the Faculty of Law and Administration of the University of Warsaw. From 2002 until 2007, he was deputy director of the Department of Preliminary Review of Applications and Constitutional Complaints in the Office of the Constitutional Tribunal. From November 2007 until July 2010 he was Deputy Commissioner for Civil Rights Protection. In 2010 he was appointed Chairman of the Legislative Council to the Prime Minister of the Republic of Poland and head of the legislative training programme. In November 2010 the Sejm of the Republic of Poland appointed him Justice of the Constitutional Tribunal. He is the author, co-author or editor of over 150 scholarly writings on human rights, the Constitutional Tribunal and the judiciary of Poland.

POLISH CONSTITUTIONALISM AND THE CONSTITUTIONAL JUDICIARY IN POLAND

1. INTRODUCTION I have very pleasant associations with the capital of Hungary. Not only because the city – as you well know – is beautiful, but also because it is close to me. I was born in Przemyśl, a small town in the southeast corner of Poland. During the First