This article presents different forms of consolidation of non-public higher education institutions, according to the provisions of law on higher education, i.e.: fusion of non-public higher education institutions, transfer of the permission to establish non-public higher education institution and association of non-public higher education. The legal basis and the process of those three forms have been presented together with conditions and consequences. Examples of problems have been also indicated, both legal and practical that can be faced on.

This article discusses the legal basis and the process of the establishment of non – public higher education institution when the founder decides to apply for a permission to establish non-public higher education institution, granted by the Minister of Science and Higher Education. Fundamental obligations of the founder have been presented together with conditions and consequences of enrollment in the registry of non-public higher education institutions. A substantive assessment of the abovementioned process was made in order to answer, if any legal and practical problems can be faced on during the process of establishing non-public higher education institution.

This article discusses the legal basis and the process of the liquidation of non – public higher education institution when his founder decides to apply for a permission to go into liquidation, granted by the Minister of Science and Higher Education. Fundamental obligations of the liquidator have been presented together with conditions and consequences of deletion from the registry of non-public higher education institutions. Examples of problems have been also indicated, both legal and practical that can be faced on during the process of liquidation of non-public higher education institution.

Gloss on the Decision of the Constitutional Tribunal of July 4, 2023, file ref. no. SK 78/19

The gloss concerns the decision of the Constitutional Tribunal in case file ref. no. SK 78/19, in which the Tribunal discontinued the proceedings based on a constitutional complaint filed by a limited liability company. The Tribunal found that a constitutional complaint cannot be lodged by a legal person due to the location of Art. 79 of the Constitution of the Republic of Poland in Chapter II of the Constitution entitled “Freedoms, rights and obligations of man and citizen”. This view is obviously wrong, and the argumentation presented in the justification for this decision is selective. In the case law of the Tribunal, the ability of legal persons to lodge a constitutional complaint is well established, which also raises no doubts in the doctrine. The position expressed by the Tribunal in this decision exposes the rights of collective entities to a limitation.