(English) Michał Barański (PhD) assistant professor and leader of the Labour Law and Social Policy Research Team at the Institute of Legal Sciences at the University of Silesia in Katowice, attorney-at-law, editor-in-chief of the academic journal „Z Problematyki Prawa Pracy i Polityki Socjalnej” („Labour Law and Social Politics Issues”). Author and co-author of over 55 publications, including labour law and social insurance law, intellectual property law and contract law.
(English) Dominika Bek (PhD), Assistant Professor at the Institute of Law, University of Silesia in Katowice. Mediator in criminal matters at the Arbitration and Mediation Center of Silesia. Editor-in-Chief of “Forum Polityki Kryminalnej” (Forum on Criminal Policy). Specialist in criminal law and criminology. The author focuses in her works on several areas:
• restorative justice, mediation in criminal and medical matters,
• domestic violence and violence against women,
• culturally motivated crimes and cultural defense,
• crimes against state and local government institutions.
dominika.bek@us.edu.pl
ORCID 0000-0003-4560-808X
(English) Marlena Drapalska-Grochowicz (PhD), an assistant professor at the Faculty of Law and Administration of the University of Silesia. In September 2022 r. she defended PhD thesis “Reconstruction of ≤closeness≥ category in Polish legal system”.She conducts a research project financed by the National Science Centre on „Reconstruction of the closeness category in the Polish legal system”. As part of the project, she examines a relational approach in law, particularly the meaning, and importance of close interpersonal relationships in law from philosophical and psychological perspectives. Interests: legal interpretation, legal psychology, Law&Emotions approach, vulnerability group’s status, the ethic of care.
ORCID: 0000-0002-8602-2918