Dr hab. Sebastian Kwiecień, PhD, Associate Professor
nr ORCID: 0000-0003-4858-794X
Academic Curriculum Vitae:
Dr hab. Sebastian Kwiecień obtained a Ph.D. in Law in 2007 at the Faculty of Law, Canon Law, and Administration of the Catholic University of Lublin. His doctoral dissertation “Kompetencje wojewody w okresie międzywojennym w świetle przepisów rozporządzenia Prezydenta Rzeczypospolitej z 7 czerwca 1927 roku o prawie przemysłowym” (“Powers of a Governor in the Interwar Period in the Light of the Provisions of the Regulation of the President of the Republic of Poland on Industrial Law") was prepared under the supervision of Prof. Jerzy Flaga. The dissertation was published in 2010 in a monograph “Polish Industrial Law 1927-1939”.
After obtaining Ph.D. in Law Dr hab. Kwiecień started his postdoctoral research, during which he submitted the monograph “Polskie prawo gospodarcze okresu międzywojennego”, Lublin 2016. In 2017, as a result of the positively conducted postdoctoral procedure, dr. Kwiecień was awarded a post-Ph-D degree in legal sciences. The title was granted by the Council of the Faculty of Law, Canon Law, and Administration.
As part of his activities popularizing science he cooperated with Dziennik Gazeta Prawna, where he wrote publications on practical aspects of labor law. He also developed encyclopedic articles for “Leksykon administratywisty”, Radom 2013 and “Encyklopedia prawa administracyjnego”, Warszawa 2010.
In addition to his academic activities, he is engaged in the practice of law as a legal advisor, where he is the author of several dozens of expert opinions and legal advice for public authorities and commercial law companies.
Research Interests:
- Employee creativity - the right to an employee work
- Copyright trolling - issues related to the liability of the infringer
- Practical issues related to starting and carrying out economic activity in Poland in the Interwar period, also in the context of labor law regulations
List of major scientific publications:
Employee creativity - the right to an employee work
- Kwiecień, W. Witoszko, The right Flat-Rate Compensation for an Employer’s Infringement of an Employee’s Economic Copyright, Białostockie Studia Prawnicze 2022, Vol. 27 nr 1
Copyright trolling - issues related to the liability of the infringer
- Kwiecień, K. Maćkowska, Copyright trolling as threat to internet users’ legal and economic security: Comments in light of EU and US legislations, Computer law & Security Review 2022, vol 45.
Practical issues related to starting and carrying out economic activity in Poland in the Interwar period, also in the context of labor law regulations
- Kwiecień, Industrial law, [w:] Prawo Handlowe i gospodarcze II RP, Wolters Kluwer Poland, Warsaw 2019.
- Kwiecień, Polish Economic Law of the Interwar Period, Lublin 2016.
- Kwiecień, Working time in industry and commerce, [in:] Ochrona pracy w okresie międzywojennym w Polsce. Studium historyczno-prawne, Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Rzeszowskiego, Lublin 2015.
- Kwiecień, Provisions of the Industrial Act of 1927 limiting freedom to conduct a business on grounds of threat to national security, [in:] Wojna i pokój zagadnienia prawno-historyczne, Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Opolskiego, Opole 2013.
- Kwiecień, Polish industrial law 1927-1939, „Zeszyty Prawnicze UKSW” 2011, Tom 11, no 2.
- Kwiecień, Polish Industrial Law 1927-1939, Wydawnictwo KUL, Lublin 2010.
- Kwiecień, Concession of industrial activity in Poland in the years 1927-1939 [in:] Wpływ prakseologii na organizację i zarządzanie w administracji publicznej, ed. E Jasiuk, M. Domagała, K. Sikora, Wyższa Szkoła Handlowa w Radomiu, Radom 2010.
- Kwiecień, Employment Agencies – Legal Regulations of the Interwar Period in Poland, „Roczniki Nauk Prawnych” 2020, vol 30, no 1.
- Kwiecień, The Evolution of Legal Solutions in the Field of Industrial Tax as Element of Tax Policy of the Polish State During Interwar Period, „Forum prawnicze” 2020, no 3.
- Kwiecień, The problem of the indivisibility of farmlands on the basis of interwar legislation in the Second Polish Republic. Czasopismo Prawno-Historyczne 2020.
- Kwiecień, Laborers' contract. Polish legal regulations of the interwar period, „Roczniki Nauk Prawnych” 2018, vol 28, no 4.
- Kwiecień, Principles of apprenticeship to the profession of an industrialist in the light of legal regulations contained in the Industrial Law of 1927, „Studia z Dziejów Państwa i Prawa Polskiego” 2016, XIX.
- Kwiecień, The right to a patent in the light of the provisions of the Decree of the President of the Republic of Poland of 22 March 1928 on the protection of inventions, designs, and trademarks, „Studia Prawnoustrojowe” 2015, no 29
- Kwiecień, Korporacje przemysłowe jako przykładowe stowarzyszenia tzw. wolne specjalne, „Imponderabilia” 2012.
Other:
- Kwiecień, Stamp control of real estate sale contracts drawn up before a notary public in the light of the provisions of the Stamp Act of 1926, „Studia Prawnicze KUL” 2021, no 1.
- Kwiecień, An Assessment of the Functional and Ecological Aspect of Novel Intermittent Stream Valves for Spraying Seed Potatoes, „Agronomy-Basel” 2020, 10(4).
- Kwiecień, Freedom of Assembly Under the Law of Second Polish Republic, „Roczniki Nauk Prawnych” 2013, vol 23, no 1.
- Kwiecień, Tasks of a Voivode in the System of Territorial Bodies of State Administration in the Years 1919-1939, Roczniki Nauk Prawnych 2008.
- Kwicień, Voicode's Powers in the Light of the Regulation of the President of the Republic of Poland of 7 June 1927 on Industrial Law, Czasopismo Prawno Historyczne 2008, vol 18, no 1.
- Kwiecień, Tryb rozpatrywania skargi przez Najwyższy Trybunał Administracyjny w świetle przepisów rozporządzenia Prezydenta RP z 27 października 1932 roku o Najwyższym Trybunale Administracyjnym, „Rocznik Wyższej Szkoły Handlowej” 2008.
Learning Activities:
He conducts lectures on the Entrepreneur as an employer, Human Resources Management, The regime of administrative, governmental, and self-governmental authorities in the Second Republic of Poland, and Social Security Law. He teaches a seminar on the Corporate Legal Profession.
