TY - JOUR
TI - Wykładnia komparatystyczna czy niekomparatystyczne odwołanie do prawa obcego? Studium przypadku Trybunału Konstytucyjnego
AU - Ziółkowski, Michał
TI - Wykładnia komparatystyczna czy niekomparatystyczne odwołanie do prawa obcego? Studium przypadku Trybunału Konstytucyjnego
AB - 
	Comparative Interpretation or Non-comparative Reference to Foreign Law? (A case Study of the Polish Constitutional Tribunal)

	The aim of the article is a reconstruction of the Constitutional Tribunal’s understanding of references to foreign law and jurisprudence. The research sample consists of judgments concerning: (i) the Lisbon Treaty; (ii) shooting down a civil aircraft; (iii) control of the objectives of a political party; (iv) data retention. Other judgements are referred supplementary. The article focuses on the internal point of view of the Constitutional Tribunal. It analyses how the Tribunal describes and understands the references to foreign law and foreign case law. It also discusses how the Tribunal uses that references. The main argument is that the Tribunal does not perceive its practice (i.e. references to foreign law) as comparative constitutionalism or comparative thinking. Consequentially, maybe it is not justified for scholars to criticize this practice as comparatively flawed. The article ends with a call to view the Tribunal’s references differently since the references to foreign law are an element of the non-linguistic context of the interpretation of constitutional provisions. It is also closer to an argument from authority than a comparative one.
VL - 2022
IS - Numer 3 (2022)
PY - 2022
SN - 2544-2031
C1 - 2956-3623
SP - 95
EP - 119
DO - 10.4467/25442031PKO.22.023.16388
UR - https://ejournals.eu/czasopismo/przeglad-konstytucyjny/artykul/wykladnia-komparatystyczna-czy-niekomparatystyczne-odwolanie-do-prawa-obcego-studium-przypadku-trybunalu-konstytucyjnego
KW - comparative constitutionalism
KW - comparative law
KW - comparative argument
KW - constitution
KW - Poland
KW - Constitutional Tribunal