Jiří Přibáň (born 25 August 1967 in

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) is a

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academic, author, translator and

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specializing in the areas of

philosophy of law Philosophy of law is a branch of philosophy that examines the nature of law and law's relationship to other systems of norms, especially ethics and political philosophy. It asks questions like "What is law?", "What are the criteria for legal vali ...

sociology Sociology is a social science that focuses on society, human social behavior, patterns of Interpersonal ties, social relationships, social interaction, and aspects of culture associated with everyday life. It uses various methods of Empirical ...

and

politology Political science is the scientific study of politics. It is a social science dealing with systems of governance and power, and the analysis of political activities, political thought, political behavior, and associated constitutions and la ...

. He was promoted to a professorship at the

Charles University in Prague Charles University ( cs, Univerzita Karlova, UK; la, Universitas Carolina; german: Karls-Universität), also known as Charles University in Prague or historically as the University of Prague ( la, Universitas Pragensis, links=no), is the oldest an ...

in 2002. During his career, he published several books. He regularly appears as a political commentator in the mainstream Czech media, such as

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, and

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. He was a member of the Program Council of the

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conference. Přibáň graduated from Charles University in Prague in 1989 and joined

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staff in 2001. He is noted for applying ideas of

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. In February, 2013, he refused the offer of the President

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to become a constitutional judge.

Selected publications

* ''Sociologie práva'' (1996, 2001), SLON (Sociologické nakladatelství), * ''Hranice práva a tolerance'' (1997), SLON, * ''Rule of Law in Central Europe: the reconstruction of legality, constitutionalism and civil society in the post-Communist countries'' (1999), Ashgate/Dartmouth, * ''Disidenti práva'' (2001), SLON, * ''Právo a politika konverzace'' (2001), G plus G, * ''Systems of Justice in Transition: Central European Experiences Since 1989'' (2003),

Ashgate Publishing Ashgate Publishing was an academic book and journal publisher based in Farnham ( Surrey, United Kingdom). It was established in 1967 and specialised in the social sciences, arts, humanities and professional practice. It had an American office i ...

, *''Dissidents of law: on the 1989 revolutions, legitimations, fictions of legality and contemporary version of the social contract'',

, Aldershot (2002) p. 244 *''Legal Symbolism: on law, time and European identity''. Ashgate/Aldershot (2007) * ''The Self-Referential European Polity, its legal context and systemic differentiation: theoretical reflections on the emergence of the EU's political and legal autopoiesis''. European Law Journal, 15 (4) (2009) pp. 442–461 *''The Juridification of European Identity, Its Limitations and the Search of EU Democratic Politics''.

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, 16 (1) (2009) pp. 44–58 *''From 'Which Rule of Law?' to 'The Rule of Which Law?': Post-Communist Experiences of European Legal Integration''. Hague Journal on the Rule of Law, 1 (2) (2009) pp. 337–358 *''Multiple Sovereignty: on Europe's Self-Constitutionalization and Legal Self-Reference''. Ratio Juris, 23 (1) (2010) pp. 41–64 * ''Obrana ústavnosti'' (2014), SLON, *'' In Quest of History. On Czech Statehood and Identity ''. Karolinum Press (2019) . Originally published in Czech as ''Hledání dějin. O české státnosti a identitě'' (2018).

References

External links

Jiri Priban's home page
Charles University alumni Academics of Cardiff University Living people Academic staff of Charles University 1967 births {{CzechRepublic-academic-bio-stub