The research report presents results of the comparative study on relationships between remembrance narratives and transitional identity policy. It is based on the qualitative-toquantitative narrative analysis of six cases: Chile, Estonia, Georgia, Poland, South Africa, and Spain. It discusses internal correlations within the structure of transitional remembrance policy with reference to three levels of analysis: the general level, the areas of impact (objectives of the policy) level, and the fields of impact (aims of the policy) level. As a result, it offers two models – the General Model of Correlations, and the Model of Internal Correlations. These two drawings show main features of remembrance story-telling during democratisations, and they develop present understandings on the way in which historical arguments may influence transitional identity reconstruction.

Constitutional courts in post-Soviet states. A comparative analysis. Part I

Article discusses the problem of constitutional judiciary in post-Soviet states. The author formulates a thesis that constitutional courts in post-Soviet states were supposed to create proper conditions for the primacy of the constitution in the system of normative acts and its direct effect on legal relations taking place in the state. It was expected to guarantee the freedom and rights of an individual. The radiation of the constitution onto the whole of legal, political, economic or social relations occurring in the state promotes the stability of the state’s political system, the protection of values important for the citizens. The author formulates a thesis that to make it happen, proper political conditions are necessary and within them – the control of the new normative acts in the context of their compatibility with the laws of higher legal force, including above all the constitution. The text consists of two parts. The first part concerns reasons for introducing the control of legal norms and the position of constitutional courts in the political systems of post-Soviet states. In the part II of the text are analyzed functions of constitutional courts, political influence of constitutional courts. The second part of the text also include the conclusions.

Constitutional courts in post-Soviet states. A comparative analysis. Part II

Article (whose first part was published in the previous volume of „Constitutional Law Review”) discusses the problem of constitutional judiciary in post-Soviet states. The author formulates a thesis that constitutional courts in post-Soviet states were supposed to create proper conditions for the primacy of the constitution in the system of normative acts and its direct effect on legal relations taking place in the state. It was expected to guarantee the freedom and rights of an individual. The radiation of the constitution onto the whole of legal, political, economic or social relations occurring in the state promotes the stability of the state’s political system, the protection of values important for the citizens. The author formulates a thesis that to make it happen, proper political conditions are necessary and within them – the control of the new normative acts in the context of their compatibility with the laws of higher legal force, including above all the constitution. This part of the text analyzes the functions of constitutional courts and their political roles in post-Soviet states. Conclusions regarding both parts of the text. First part of this paper was published in „Przegląd Prawa Konstytucyjnego” 2019, no. 2, pp. 137–164.

Cybersecurity strategies of New Zealand and Poland in the process of globalization

In this paper an author conduct comparative analysis of New Zealand and Poland cybersecurity strategies. During this research a hypothesis was confirmed that cybersecurity strategies of analyzed countries differ because of their political systems of these countries. Moreover an author has highlighted that alliances known from real world are transformed into cyberspace. Thus New Zealand stay close, when creating cybersecurity, to USA, Australia and Canada, when Poland is committed to the European Union structures.

The role of anthems in the process of forming Central European national identities based on the book by Csaba G. Kiss

Csaba G. Kiss, using comparative analysis, has not only attempted to uncover the corpus of dominant motifs in national songs, but has also indicated how their selection was influenced by historical events and the traditions of individual communities. Particularly noteworthy are the sections of the work where the links between the songs produced in different national communities are presented, both in terms of their forms and content. On the other hand, what can draw exceptional admiration is the enormous erudition of the author of The Anthems of East-Central Europe, who in his investigations referred not only to the literature in the languages of the conference, but also made extensive use of Polish, Czech, Slovak, Croatian, Romanian and - understandably because of his origin – Hungarian studies. Minor errors of a factual nature are somewhat surprising, such as the attribution to Alexander I the paternity of Grand Duke Constantine, commander-in-chief of the Polish army and the actual governor of Congress Poland from 1815 to 1830. The book under review can be considered a highly successful example of the use of comparative analysis in research dedicated to the emergence of national identity in Central Europe in the 19th and 20th centuries.