Prof. Andrzej Bierć

Research unit:

Department of Private Law

General information

1972 – graduate of Law and Administration Faculty at Warsaw University – gratuated with honours.
Researcher at the Legal Studies Institute Polish Academy of Sciences (Phd degree – 1975, habilitation – 1987, professor’s title – 1999).
In the years 1988 – 1991 – deputy director for scientific matters at the Legal Studies Institute Polish Academy of Sciences.
Since 2003 director of Private Law Department, and since 2011 chairman of Scientific Council at the Legal Studies Institute Polish Academy of Sciences.
Editor in Chief of the quarterly „Legal Studies” (since 2003) and a member of editorial committees of a number of legal scientific journals.
Director of Civil Law Faculty at European High School of Law and Administration in Warsaw (lectures and master’s degree seminars).
Internships and study stays in many scientific academies in European countries.

Private law

Arbitrator, expert in the area of law making, advocate, legal advisor.
Long- term chairman of Arbitration Court at Polish Banks Association, and for four terms of office secretary of Legislative Council at the Prime Minister Office.
In the years 1994-1996 member of a team of experts for the harmonisation of Polish law with European Union law at the European Integration Committee, as well as member of a team for the reform of banking law at the National Bank of Poland.
Within Economy Reform (after 1989) co-author of many legal grounds of capital market, and in particular, credit card regulations, protection of personal data of debtors and arbitration courts; author of numerous legal expertises and opinions on the drafts of the acts, published in „Legislative Review”.

Selected publications

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