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Item Compliance w spółkach kapitałowych ze szczególnym uwzględnieniem spółek z udziałem Skarbu Państwa(2024) Staniszewska, ZuzannaCorporate governance and compliance in state-owned companies are recognized as crucial areas of regulation by the European Commission, World Bank and the OECD. This is because state ownership influences the corporate governance model and compliance obligations within these entities. The main issue of the dissertation is whether the current regulation of compliance duties under Polish law in state-owned companies allows effective protection against non-compliance and levels the playing field with private entities. Despite the separate set of compliance norms included in law acts aimed at these types of companies, the current legal framework raises doubts about the integrity and transparency of decision-making in state-owned companies. This issue is compounded by the specific status of state-owned companies resulting from the supervision exercised over them by the state under the competence of relevant government members, along with the Prime Minister, who both supervise these companies and act as regulators for such companies. To reduce the risk of being used as a pretext for political purposes by a party or a group, the implementation of the public interest in state-owned companies cannot exclude the application of corporate governance principles and should be guaranteed in the company's statute or articles of association. The aim of the study is to identify compliance norms and determine areas of non-compliance risk with legal regulations to assess the significance of compliance in state-owned companies. The scope of the thesis includes compliance norms (soft law and legislative) directed at capital companies, with a particular focus on those applied to state-owned and legal characteristics of state-owned companies, including the specifics of conducting business activities, requirements regarding their bodies, and principles of ownership supervision. The research attempted to apply selected sources of compliance obligations to companies with a unique ownership tructure due to state involvement. Given the dual source of law regarding the state economic activities (dominium), i.e., those applicable to all capital companies and those forming the system for state-owned companies, an in-depth analysis combining both categories was necessary to fully illustrate the complex legal architecture. Analyzing compliance norms sources allowed for the identification of distinguishing features of these norms. The entity responsible for identifying compliance norms at the company level is the compliance unit and management. An effective compliance management system enables the prevention of abuses and violation of law. In the case of state-owned companies, it also creates equal market rules compared to private entities. Despite available regulatory tools for implementing compliance management system (CMS) in these companies, they have not been utilized so far. One solution based on the existing regulations is to issue by the Prime Minister a document of best practices for compliance in state-owned companies. Therefore, the study suggests the need to establish an obligation to implement a compliance system in state-owned companies either through 1) best practices established by the entity responsible for coordinating the exercise of state rights in companies (the Prime Minister), 2) as a provision in the State Property Management Act, or 3) as an obligation in the Companies Code applicable to all qualifying capital companies. The study formulates recommendations for future legislative reforms in this area (de lege ferenda). To achieve its objectives the thesis is divided into five chapters. The first chapter introduces the research topic, justifies its selection, specifies research questions and hypothesis, outlines the structure and research methods used, as well as lists the literature and main legal sources. The second chapter discusses key terminology and essential aspects of compliance, such as its definition, types of compliance activities, and its importance for organizational functioning. The third chapter presents the legal basis of compliance norms in companies and outlines the complex network of Polish and international regulations defining companies' obligations in this regard. The fourth chapter provides legal justification for distinguishing state-owned companies among commercial companies and discusses the specifics of compliance activities in state-owned capital companies. Finally, the fifth chapter conducts a comparative study on legal norms regarding the obligation to establish a compliance management system in stateowned companies in two selected jurisdictions: French and American, as well as analyzes the regulatory gap in compliance regulations concerning state-owned companies. In these countries the obligation to establish compliance management system results from sources specific to a given system and depends primarily on the size of the enterprise and whether the company is listed on the stock exchange. The dissertation concludes the research on compliance systems and sources of compliance norms, detailed regulations on legal compliance obligations, and relates them to ownership supervision of Polish state-owned companies. The attempt to identify compliance obligations in state-owned companies arises from two legislative and political factors: gradual reforms in state commercial activity worldwide due to economic crises and the increasing number of compliance and regulatory due diligence obligations for all commercial companies - a result of public expectations regarding business responsibility for actions affecting corporate governance, labor, human rights, the environment, and climate change.Item Amerykańskie prawo do posiadania i noszenia broni w kontekście historycznym, normatywnym i społecznym(2024) Kapica, Paula WeronikaThe main purpose of the dissertation is to present the US right to bear arms provided for by the Second Amendment to the US Constitution from a historical perspective, the evolution of its regulation at the federal level and outline recent trends in both federal and state legislation and jurisprudence, as well as to contrast this right with public opinion and civil and human rights. Chapter one reconstructs federal regulations from the time of the adoption of the Second Amendment to the present by presenting them in the broader context of state regulations, which constitute the bulk of all legal regulation in the United States. Chapter two analyzes the nature of the right protected by the Second Amendment. The basic issue under scrutiny is whether the right to bear arms is an individual right granted to an indi-vidual, or a collective right that can only be exercised through citizen militias and belongs to the states. The third chapter is an analysis of US jurisprudence on the Second Amend-ment, primarily decisions of the Supreme Court and federal courts. The primary issue analyzed was the nature of the right granted by the Second Amendment and the process of its incorporation at the state level. Chapter four presents contemporary regulations re-lating to the right of access to guns at the federal and state levels to show the complexity of regulations and their variation. The fifth chapter presents the latest trends and changes in public opinion regarding the right of access to guns. It discusses American gun culture, the phenomenon of mass shootings and their im-pact on legislative action. Chapter six presents the right to keep and bear arms in a broader international context and attempts to place this right in the human rights grid.Item Ukończenie sądowego postępowania egzekucyjnego(Wydawnictwo INP PAN, 2021) Ged, Monika; Wiśniewski, TadeuszItem Sektorowy model samorządu gospodarczego. Założenia i perspektywa wprowadzenia w Polsce(Wydawnictwo INP PAN, 2022) Marciniak, Piotr; Miąsik, DawidItem Egzekucja z praw własności przemysłowej(Wydawnictwo INP PAN, 2021) Sehn, Michał; Wiśniewski, TadeuszItem Nowe technologie w umowach nienazwanych na przykładzie rynku wyrobów medycznych(Wydawnictwo INP PAN, 2020) Libront, Karolina; Podrecki, PawełItem Zasada dyspozycyjności stron postępowania egzekucyjnego(Wydawnictwo INP PAN, 2021) Szachta, Joanna; Wiśniewski, TadeuszItem Kryminalistyczne i prawne aspekty kradzieży tożsamości w Internecie(Wydawnictwo INP PAN, 2021) Piekut, Aneta; Gruza, EwaItem Wpływ ogólnego rozporządzenia o ochronie danych na realizację prawa do ponownego wykorzystywania informacji sektora publicznego(Wydawnictwo INP PAN, 2021) Sybilski, Dominik; Sibiga, GrzegorzItem List żelazny w polskim postępowaniu karnym(2014) Drajewicz, Dariusz; Stefański, RyszardRozprawa doktorska napisana pod kierunkiem naukowym prof. dra hab. Ryszarda A. StefańskiegoItem Komitet ONZ ds. Likwidacji Dyskryminacji Kobiet – analiza instytucjonalna(2010) Sękowska-Kozłowska, Katarzyna; Wieruszewski, RomanRozprawa doktorska napisana pod kierunkiem naukowym doc. dr hab. Romana Wieruszewskiego.Item Blokada rachunku i wstrzymanie transakcji jako środki przymusu w procesie karnym(2013) Ochnio, Ariadna H.; Stefański, RyszardRozprawa doktorska napisana pod kierunkiem naukowym dr hab. Ryszarda A Stefańskiego.Item Wykonywanie prawa własności nieruchomości przez małżonków pozostających we wspólności ustawowej a ochrona rodziny(2015-09) Urbańska-Łukaszewicz, Anna; Andrzejewski, MarekRozprawa doktorska napisana pod kierownictwem naukowym dr hab. prof. Marka Andrzejewskiego.Item Dobre obyczaje i porządek publiczny jako kryteria oceny zdolności patentowej wynalazków(2017) Zimny, Tomasz; Helena, Żakowska-HenzlerRozprawa doktorska pod kierunkiem naukowym dr hab. Heleny Żakowskiej-Henzler, prof. INP PAN