Exclusion of disciplinary liability under Article 275 section 1a Act of 20 July 2018 The Law on Higher Education and Science – as a manifestation of legislative pathology in disciplinary proceedings against academic teachers Cover Image

Kontratyp aksjologiczny z art. 275 ust. 1a ustawy – Prawo o szkolnictwie wyższym i nauce jako przejaw patologii legislacyjnej w postępowaniu dyscyplinarnym wobec nauczycieli akademickich
Exclusion of disciplinary liability under Article 275 section 1a Act of 20 July 2018 The Law on Higher Education and Science – as a manifestation of legislative pathology in disciplinary proceedings against academic teachers

Author(s): Piotr Czarnecki
Subject(s): Law, Constitution, Jurisprudence
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego
Keywords: exclusion of disciplinary liability; disciplinary law; academic teacher; disciplinary liability; university

Summary/Abstract: The main subject of consideration in the article is the legislative solution providedfor in Art. 275 sec. 1a of the Act of July 20, 2018. Law on Higher Education and Science with thefollowing content: “It is not a disciplinary offense to express religious, ideological or philosophicalbeliefs”, which was introduced on December 10, 2021. The author exhaustively discusses the essenceand axiology of disciplinary proceedings against academic teachers, and then presents the purposeof introducing the indicated regulation, criticizing both the imprecise premises for the applicationof this legislative solution, as well as discussing practical procedural problems, in the conclusionsdemanding the repeal of the introduced provision. The new provision may in practice drasticallylimit the disciplinary liability of academic teachers, and in the final part it illustrates its considerationswith statistical data on the application of Art. 275 sec. 1a of the Act in question.

  • Issue Year: 2/2023
  • Issue No: 6
  • Page Range: 1-30
  • Page Count: 30
  • Language: Polish