Agata Fijalkowski, Law, Lancaster University

Associated research centres and groups: Human Rights Forum, International, European and Comparative Law , Socio-legal work on Public Law, Legal Theory and Criminal Justice

Current Teaching

UG Part II Courses - Law 328 Civil Liberties and Human Rights (full unit);Law 297 Introduction to Comparative Law (Michaelmas Term); Law 307 Courts, Law and Politics in Comparative Perspective (Lent Term)

PG Courses - LLM 236 International Criminal Law (Michaelmas Term); LLM 215 International Terrorism and the Law (Lent Term)

Research Interests

My research interests lie within the areas of comparative constitutionalism, European human rights, and legal transition. My monograph, From Old Times to New Europe: the Polish Struggle for Democracy and Constitutionalism (Ashgate, 2010), considers Polish constitutional and legal developments and their legal philosophical contexts starting with the pre-war period in 1918. An analysis of Polish developments serves as a valuable blueprint for other post-dictatorial states.

My research on European human rights jurisprudence concerns the abolition of the death penalty in post-Communist states. I have lectured on European and US Approaches to the Death Penalty to Amnesty International (Lancaster branch). I have also published on the issue. My latest piece concerns the European position on the abolition of the death penalty, which inevitably requires a closer consideration of European values and identity.

More recently, my work concerns post-transitional justice in post-Communist, new Europe. My research on Romania was funded by the British Academy Small Research Grant and the SLSA (Socio-Legal Studies Assocation) and involved interviews with military prosecutors in cases against members of the Romanian Communist Party and the notorious security police, the Securitate. My investigation extends to Poland and Albania. The Polish approach to transitional criminal justice was the subject of a paper I delivered at a workshop on 'Transitional Criminal Justice in Post-Dictatorial Societies', in Bucharest, 29-30 October 2010 (see http://www.crimelecomunismului.ro/en/). The research for this paper was funded by the FASS Research and Development Fund.

Another important dimension to post-transtitional justice concerns the judiciary and the misadministration of justice. Judicial identity was the focus of apaper presented at the Estonian Institute of Historical Memory's conference on the 'Shaping of Identity and Personality during Communist Rule: History in the Service of Totalitarian Regimes in Eastern Europe', Tallinn, 9-10 June 2011 (see http://www.mnemosyne.ee/lang/en-us).

I am a member of the Law and Society Association's Collaborative Network (CRN) on 'The Cultural Lives of Capital Punishment'. I have presented papers on various aspects of capital punishment in Central and Eastern Europe at the following Law and Society Association meetings:

Potential Doctoral Proposals

I am interested in research proposals from students writing dissertations or theses under the following headings:

Eprints Publications Repository and Bibliographic Database

Fijalkowski, Agata (2011) European policy on the death penalty. In: Is the Death Penalty Dying? European and American Perspectives. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, pp. 268-291. ISBN 9780521763516

Fijalkowski, Agata (2007) The Paradoxical Nature of Crime Control in Post-Communist Europe. European Journal of Crime, Criminal Law and Criminal Justice, 15 (2). pp. 155-172. ISSN 0928-9569

Fijalkowski, Agata (2005) Capital Punishment in Poland. In: The Cultural Lives of Capital Punishment: Comparative Perspectives. Stanford University Press, Stanford, California, USA, pp. 147-168. ISBN 978-0804752336

Fijalkowski, Agata (2002) Book review of Maria Los and Andrzej Zybertowicz, Privatizing the Police-State: The Case of Poland (Macmillan, 2000). Netherlands International Law Review, 49 (1). pp. 143-148. ISSN ISSN: 0165-070X EISSN: 1741-6191

Fijalkowski, Agata (2002) Der Abschaffung der Todesstrafe in Mittel - und Ost-europa (The abolition of the death penalty in Central and Eastern Europe). In: Zur Aktualitat der Todesstrafe : Interdisziplinare und Globale Perspektiven. Berlin Verlag Arno Spitz, Berlin, pp. 331-356.

Fijalkowski, Agata (2002) Maria Los and Andrzej Zybertowicz, privatising the police-state : the case of Poland. Netherlands International Law Review, 49 (1). pp. 143-148. ISSN (printed): 0165-070X. ISSN (electronic): 1741-6191

Fijalkowski, Agata (2002) Money Laundering and Drugs. In: Handbook on European Enlargement. Kluwer Law International, The Hague, pp. 813-844. ISBN 978-9067041515

Other Interests and Hobbies

In my spare time I enjoy watching films. I also like to walk, and take great pleasure in coming across birds of prey.

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Home About Undergraduate Postgraduate Staff Research Current Students News & Events Contact Us Information for: Alumni Business Media SEARCH using keywords/tags or full text search.	Dr Agata Fijalkowski Director of European Legal Studies and International LL.B. degree schemes Degree: Ph.D. (Law) Associated research centres and groups: Human Rights Forum, International, European and Comparative Law , Socio-legal work on Public Law, Legal Theory and Criminal Justice Current Teaching UG Part II Courses - Law 328 Civil Liberties and Human Rights (full unit);Law 297 Introduction to Comparative Law (Michaelmas Term); Law 307 Courts, Law and Politics in Comparative Perspective (Lent Term) PG Courses - LLM 236 International Criminal Law (Michaelmas Term); LLM 215 International Terrorism and the Law (Lent Term) Research Interests My research interests lie within the areas of comparative constitutionalism, European human rights, and legal transition. My monograph, From Old Times to New Europe: the Polish Struggle for Democracy and Constitutionalism (Ashgate, 2010), considers Polish constitutional and legal developments and their legal philosophical contexts starting with the pre-war period in 1918. An analysis of Polish developments serves as a valuable blueprint for other post-dictatorial states. My research on European human rights jurisprudence concerns the abolition of the death penalty in post-Communist states. I have lectured on European and US Approaches to the Death Penalty to Amnesty International (Lancaster branch). I have also published on the issue. My latest piece concerns the European position on the abolition of the death penalty, which inevitably requires a closer consideration of European values and identity. More recently, my work concerns post-transitional justice in post-Communist, new Europe. My research on Romania was funded by the British Academy Small Research Grant and the SLSA (Socio-Legal Studies Assocation) and involved interviews with military prosecutors in cases against members of the Romanian Communist Party and the notorious security police, the Securitate. My investigation extends to Poland and Albania. The Polish approach to transitional criminal justice was the subject of a paper I delivered at a workshop on 'Transitional Criminal Justice in Post-Dictatorial Societies', in Bucharest, 29-30 October 2010 (see http://www.crimelecomunismului.ro/en/). The research for this paper was funded by the FASS Research and Development Fund. Another important dimension to post-transtitional justice concerns the judiciary and the misadministration of justice. Judicial identity was the focus of apaper presented at the Estonian Institute of Historical Memory's conference on the 'Shaping of Identity and Personality during Communist Rule: History in the Service of Totalitarian Regimes in Eastern Europe', Tallinn, 9-10 June 2011 (see http://www.mnemosyne.ee/lang/en-us). In December 2011, I participated in an Academic Forum on the 'Burdens and Opportunities of the Past' (along with Andreja Valic, the Head of Slovenian Study Centre for National Reconciliation)sponsored bythe School of Government and European Studies in Brdo, Slovenia (see http://www.fds.si/dejavnosti/akademski-forum/821-evropsko-drzavljanstvo-bremena-in-priloznosti-preteklosti). Books From Old Times to New Europe: the Polish Struggle for Democracy and Constitutionalism (Ashgate, 2010): From Old Times to New Europe Book chapters 'European Policy on the Death Penalty' in Is the Death Penalty Dying? European and American Perspectives, eds. Austin Sarat and Jürgen Martschukat (Cambridge University Press, 2011), pp. 268-291, see Is the Death Penalty Dying? 'Capital Punishment in Poland', in The Cultural Lives of Capital Punishment: Comparative Perspectives, ed. A. Sarat and C. Boulanger (Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 2005), pp. 147-168, seehttp://eprints.lancs.ac.uk/998/ 'Money Laundering and Drugs', in Handbook on European Enlargement, ed. A. Ott and K. Inglis (The Hague: Kluwer Law International, 2002), pp. 813-844 'Der Abschaffung der Todesstrafe in Mittel- und Ost-europa' (The Abolition of the Death Penalty in Central and Eastern Europe) in Zür Aktualität der Todesstrafe: Interdisziplinäre und Globale Perspektiven, ed. C. Boulanger, P. Hanfling, and V. Heyes (Berlin: Berlin Verlag Arno Spitz, 2002), pp. 331-356 Journal articles 'The Paradoxical Nature of Crime Control in Post-Communist Europe', European Journal of Crime, Criminal Law and Criminal Justice, 15 (2007), pp. 155-172 http://eprints.lancs.ac.uk/995/ 'Abolition of the Death Penalty in Central and Eastern Europe', Tilburg Foreign Law Review, 9 (2001), pp. 62-83 http://eprints.lancs.ac.uk/996/ Reviews Of David Dyzenhaus, The Constitution of Law: Legality in a Time of Emergency (Cambridge University Press, 2007), for International Journal for Law in Context (Cambridge University Press, 2008), pp. 115-121 Of Maria Los and Andrzej Zybertowicz, Privatizing the Police-State: The Case of Poland (Macmillan, 2000), Netherlands International Law Review, 49(1)(2002), pp. 143-148 Books (edited) General Editor, International Institutional Reform: Proceedings of the Hague Joint Conference on Contemporary Issues of International Law - 30 June - 2 July 2005 (T.M.C. Asser Press: The Hague, 2007), 354 pp. WORK IN PROGRESS Books (edited) With Raluca Grosescu, Transitional Criminal Justice in Post-Dictatorial Societies, eds. Raluca Grosescu and Agata Fijalkowski (book proposal under review) Articles 'The Fieldorf Case: A Polish Miscarriage of Justice' (under review) 'Memories that Shape the Judicial Identity' (under review) 'The Woes of Post-Communist Europe' 'Retrospective Justice' EXTERNAL ACTIVITIES February 2006 - European Master's Degree in Human Rights and Democratisation, University of Seville, on 'Transition to Democracy (II): the Central and East European Experience September 2005 - The European System of Human Rights Protection Summer School, Faculty of Law, Europa-Universität Viadrina, Frankfurt (Oder), Germany, course on 'Terrorism and Human Rights' April 2004 - Transcrime, University of Trento, Italy, Advanced Criminology course on 'Money Laundering in Europe and Eastern Europe' November 2003 - Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany, Human Rights series on the 'Abolition of Capital Punishment in Central and Eastern Europe' July 2003 - Faculty of Law, European University Viadrina, Frankfurt (Oder), Germany in a 'Justice as Procedure' seminar, on rights' adjudication in Central and Eastern Europe September 2002 - The European System of Human Rights Protection Summer School, Faculty of Law, Europa-Universität Viadrina, Frankfurt (Oder), Germany, course on 'Terrorism and Human Rights' September 2001 - The European System of Human Rights Protection Summer School, Faculty of Law, Europa-Universität Viadrina, Frankfurt (Oder), Germany, course on 'The Abolition of Capital Punishment in Central and Eastern Europe' CONFERENCES 9-10 April 2010 - specialised workshop on American and European Perspectives on capital punishment at Amherst College, with Professors Austin Sarat and Jürgen Martschukat. May 2009 - 'Memory and Justice',for the Dynamics in Memories Group, Lancaster University, 'Transitional Justice in Romania' I am a member of the Law and Society Association's Collaborative Network (CRN) on 'The Cultural Lives of Capital Punishment'. I have presented papers on various aspects of capital punishment in Central and Eastern Europe at the following Law and Society Association meetings: 'Constitutional Court Jurisprudence Concerning Capital Punishment in Central and Eastern Europe' (Baltimore, MD 2005) 'Crime and Punishment in post-Communist Poland' (Chicago, IL 2004) 'Cultural Life of Capital Punishment in Poland' (Pittsburgh, PA 2003) 'Abolition of Capital Punishment in Central and Eastern Europe' (Vancouver, BC 2002) 'Struggle Towards Judicial Independence' (Budapest, Hungary 2001) Potential Doctoral Proposals I am interested in research proposals from students writing dissertations or theses under the following headings: Comparative criminal justice Legal transition Post-totalitarian law Terrorism Eprints Publications Repository and Bibliographic Database Agata Fijalkowski has 11 selected publication records listed on this webpage. Use links to access abstracts and full text where available. View all records to sort by date, type and title. For all ePrints records go to http://eprints.lancs.ac.uk Fijalkowski, Agata (2011) European policy on the death penalty. In: Is the Death Penalty Dying? European and American Perspectives. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, pp. 268-291. ISBN 9780521763516 Fijalkowski, Agata (2010) From old times to new Europe : the Polish struggle for democracy and constitutionalism. Ashgate, Aldershot. ISBN 9780754673385 Fijalkowski, Agata (2008) Book review of David Bonner, Executive Measures, Terrorism and National Security : Have the Rules of the Game Changes? (Aldershot: Ashgate, 2007). Defense and Security Analysis, 24. pp. 335-337. ISSN 1475-1801 Fijalkowski, Agata (2007) Book review of D. Dyzenhaus, The Constitution of Law: Legality in a Time of Emergency. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2007). International Journal of Law in Context, 3 (4). pp. 389-395. ISSN ISSN: 1744-5523 EISSN: 1744-5531 Fijalkowski, Agata (2007) The Paradoxical Nature of Crime Control in Post-Communist Europe. European Journal of Crime, Criminal Law and Criminal Justice, 15 (2). pp. 155-172. ISSN 0928-9569 Fijalkowski, Agata (2005) Capital Punishment in Poland. In: The Cultural Lives of Capital Punishment: Comparative Perspectives. Stanford University Press, Stanford, California, USA, pp. 147-168. ISBN 978-0804752336 Fijalkowski, Agata (2002) Book review of Maria Los and Andrzej Zybertowicz, Privatizing the Police-State: The Case of Poland (Macmillan, 2000). Netherlands International Law Review, 49 (1). pp. 143-148. ISSN ISSN: 0165-070X EISSN: 1741-6191 Fijalkowski, Agata (2002) Der Abschaffung der Todesstrafe in Mittel - und Ost-europa (The abolition of the death penalty in Central and Eastern Europe). In: Zur Aktualitat der Todesstrafe : Interdisziplinare und Globale Perspektiven. Berlin Verlag Arno Spitz, Berlin, pp. 331-356. Fijalkowski, Agata (2002) Maria Los and Andrzej Zybertowicz, privatising the police-state : the case of Poland. Netherlands International Law Review, 49 (1). pp. 143-148. ISSN (printed): 0165-070X. ISSN (electronic): 1741-6191 Fijalkowski, Agata (2002) Money Laundering and Drugs. In: Handbook on European Enlargement. Kluwer Law International, The Hague, pp. 813-844. ISBN 978-9067041515 Other Interests and Hobbies In my spare time I enjoy watching films. I also like to walk, and take great pleasure in coming across birds of prey. Associated Keywords: Civil liberties, Comparative criminal justice, Crime control, Law and society, Law in transition, Post-communist states, Terrorism View all research activities, ePrints, news and events associated with Agata Fijalkowski. «Back	Contact Details Tel: 01524 (5)94240 Room: Bowland North, C75 Office Hour: By appointment. View Staff Profiles Law Staff All Faculty Staff Search Faculty by Keyword
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