Publisher: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego

The Bulgarian State in 927–969. The Epoch of Tsar Peter I

Author(s): / Language(s): English / Publication Year: 2018

Tsar Peter (927-969), the book’s protagonist, is all too frequently presented in modern scholarship as a weak ruler, devoid of any grander political aspirations, focused on religious matters, indeed – pious, but neglecting the vital interests of his subjects. It was said that during his reign both his court and state became Byzantinised, that the central authority was completely helpless in the face of Hungarian raids, and saw the spread of the Bogomilist heresy. According to the Tsar’s critics, it was as a result of his ineffectual rule that Boris II, his son and successor, was unable to defend Bulgaria’s sovereignty in 971.This book – the first monograph in world literature devoted to Peter - was written by Bulgarian (Miliana Kaymakamova, Georgi N. Nikolov, Angel Nikolov, Nikolay Hrissimov) and Polish medievalists (Miroslaw J. Leszka, Kirił Marinow, Zofia A. Brzozowska Jan M. Wolski). Thanks to a thorough analysis of the sources and an in-depth knowledge of the literature of the subject, they constructed a comprehensive and balanced image of the reign of their protagonist, and of the role he played in the history of mediaeval Bulgaria.

The Hidden Secrets: Late Byzantium in the Western and Polish Context

Author(s): Małgorzata Dąbrowska / Language(s): English / Publication Year: 2017

Professor Małgorzata Dąbrowska, a distinguished scholar dealing with the history of Byzantium in the Middle Ages, belongs to the few Byzantinists who have become internationally acclaimed. A considerable part of her output concerns Polish-Byzantine relations which are hardly known to foreign scholars because of the language barrier, and yet they attract the interest of scholars all over the world as a new aspect of Byzantine studies. The publication of English and French works by Małgorzata Dąbrowska will thus facilitate better understanding between the Latin and Orthodox milieux in the European world. The author’s style is absolutely superb, regardless of the fact whether her texts are written in Polish or in other languages. This adds another quality to her oeuvre. // From the review by Professor Maciej Salamon

The Key Issues of Polish Penal Law

Author(s): Krzysztof Indecki,Justyna Jurewicz / Language(s): English / Publication Year: 2014

Humanism is also reflected in the Penal Code provisions concerning sentencing. These provisions require sentencing courts to take into account the personal traits and circumstances of the offender, his mode of living prior to committing the act and his behaviour after the offence. At the same time, the court is obliged to take into account the purpose of punishment, both with regards to its social impact and its preventive and re-educational aims in respect of the convict (art. 53 of the Penal Code). Based upon the principle of humanism the Code gives ground to the system of justice to less severe treatment of the offender who is responsible for an accidental offence, the negligence offence or when it is reasonable expecting that the offender, treated less severely, will not commit a new offence in the nearest future. The legal instruments for less severe treatment of an accidental offender include for example conditional discontinuance of proceedings concerning the offence – first of all – it should not be socially damaging (arts. 66–68). The book gives a view on the principles of Polish penal law. It consists of two parts which are divided due to the topics: general and special part of penal law. The authors present the commentary to the main institutions of Polish Penal Code. They show the most important provisions in the background of the doctrine and jurisprudence. The book is addressed both to the foreigners and the Poles who needs to improve their English in law.

The Naked Clown

Author(s): Tony Broadwick / Language(s): English,Polish / Publication Year: 2017

The collection of Tony Broadwick’s poems contains verses of physical desire, love and sex, and loss, loneliness, alcohol, and pain, all related by cause and effect in human life and all affected by the passage of time, which changes even the most intense passions and emotions. The best of the poems, such as A River and a Bridge give concrete expression to life’s strongest hungers. Cleanth Brooks says in The Well Wrought Urn that the mood of poetry is paradox,1 and many of these poems express the bittersweet longing that drives human actions and accomplishments.

The role and functions of controllers in organization management

Author(s): Marta Kawczyńska,Tomasz Wnuk-Pel / Language(s): English / Publication Year: 2016

The main objective of this monograph is to determine on the basis of the survey the role of controllers in contemporary Polish companies. The study confirmed that same of the tasks performed by contemporary controllers in Polish companies are the same as those performed by their counterparts around the world although same differences were also identified. Comparing the current role of controllers in Polish organizations with their role in foreign companies can contribute to improving the controller’s image in the organizations, and change the attitude of other employees to management accountants. This may lead to better cooperation between individual departments and controllers, and therefore to the mare efficient functioning of the company.

The V4 Towards Migration Challenges in Europe

Author(s): / Language(s): English / Publication Year: 2017

The culmination of the large-scale influx of migrants in the European area in 2015 and 2016 has not only led to severe pressure on the affected countries – transit countries as well as countries of destination – but also to the questioning of fundamental achievements of the European Union such as the freedom of movement. The migrant crisis also shed light on pressing issues still in need of satisfying responses reflecting reality, such as the case of the revision of the 1951 Geneva Convention on the status of refugees and the Dublin Ili Regulation setting forth that an asylum application needs to be filed in the first country of entry. Not only did the crisis reveal already existing ruptures between Western and Eastern Europe, but it also showed that the European Union as such is incapable of taking firm and swift decisions regarding the protection of its own borders and citizens against an unprecedented influx of irregular migrants – many of them without official documents. Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia are all sceptical towards the idea of positivist humanitarian approach towards migrations and introducing limits on accepting refugees for each EU state. Such reluctance derives from many different aspects, from political and geopolitical to social and cultural. Does V4 region is in fact threatened by migration crisis? lt is evident, that Hungary being the transit state can face significant threats. However, none of those states have the status of settlement countries or long-standing destinations.

Topics in Syntax and Semantics

Linguistic and Philosophical Perspectives

Author(s): / Language(s): English / Publication Year: 2017

Syntax and semantics are traditional areas of the study of language recognised in linguistics and philosophy of language. This overlap of research areas seems to justify publication of a volume containing both linguistic and philosophical papers on selected issues pertaining to syntax and semantics. While linguistics and philosophy of language remain distinct disciplines in a number of ways, this collection of papers attempts to demonstrate that exchange of ideas by the representatives of the two fields is not only possible: it can actually be fruitful. The major goal of this volume is to bring together the efforts of linguists and philosophers (representing different schools of thought within respective disciplines) trying to explore selected topics in syntax and semantics. The most obvious contrast between linguistics and philosophy of language – the preoccupation with the morphosyntactic distribution of specific linguistic elements in the former and striving for precise semantic analyses that abstract from language-particular morphosyntactic detail in the latter – is still visible throughout the book. Yet, one can observe some degree of openness to insights from philosophical investigation on the part of linguists and from linguistic research on the part of philosophers. This openness involves, among other things, ingesting the results of investigation in the other field, employment of terminology or even ‘borrowing’ some methods of research.

Towards Female Empowerment

The New Generation of Irish Women Poets: Vona Groarke, Sinéad Morrissey, Caitriona O’Reilly and Mary O’Donoghue

Author(s): Katarzyna Poloczek / Language(s): English / Publication Year: 2015

This monographic study analyses in depth the poetry written by four most significant Irish authors born in the 1970s. Together with insightful interpretations of the explored poetry, it offers a new reading of philosophy, social and cultural studies, and psychology connected with the subject matter of women’s empowerment. The poetry of Vona Groarke studies resistance articulated in historical terms, as resistance against political domination (colonisation). Sinéad Morrissey questions the expressions of political violence in the North, even those that might directly result from the reaction against the officially sanctioned system of domination. Caitríona O’Reilly analyses the fears that may be considered as existential (the passage of time, death, loss) that contribute to the sense of women’s incapacity. Here O’Reilly’s poetry seems to work like an empowering catharsis: imagining the least desired course of action and facing up to these vision. The poetry of Mary O’Donoghue probes two correlated though not synonymous phenomena: women being the actual victims of masculine violence, and the social mechanism of victimisation of women that ascribes to the female gender the “natural” and “established” role of a Victim. The book constitutes a thought-provoking debate on the up-to-date issues that need to be critically re-examined and re-thought these days. It is an inspiring reading for people interested not only in Irish poetry but in modern literature in general.

Towards Female Empowerment. The New Generation of Irish Women Poets: Vona Groarke, Sinéad Morrissey, Caitríona O’Reilly and Mary O’Donoghue

Author(s): Katarzyna Poloczek / Language(s): English / Publication Year: 2015

This monographic study analyses in depth the poetry written by four most significant Irish authors born in the 1970s. Together with insightful interpretations of the explored poetry, it offers a new reading of philosophy, social and cultural studies, and psychology connected with the subject matter of women’s empowerment. The poetry of Vona Groarke studies resistance articulated in historical terms, as resistance against political domination (colonisation). Sinéad Morrissey questions the expressions of political violence in the North, even those that might directly result from the reaction against the officially sanctioned system of domination. Caitríona O’Reilly analyses the fears that may be considered as existential (the passage of time, death, loss) that contribute to the sense of women’s incapacity. Here O’Reilly’s poetry seems to work like an empowering catharsis: imagining the least desired course of action and facing up to these vision. The poetry of Mary O’Donoghue probes two correlated though not synonymous phenomena: women being the actual victims of masculine violence, and the social mechanism of victimisation of women that ascribes to the female gender the “natural” and “established” role of a Victim. The book constitutes a thought-provoking debate on the up-to-date issues that need to be critically re-examined and re-thought these days. It is an inspiring reading for people interested not only in Irish poetry but in modern literature in general.

Trade creation and trade diversion under NAFTA. Mexican perspective

Author(s): Justyna Wieloch / Language(s): English / Publication Year: 2020

The monograph is devoted to an in-depth and multithreaded analysis of the effects of trade integration of countries with different levels of economic development. It presents the results of research on the profitability of international trade liberalization from the perspective of a less developed country. An example is the North American Free Trade Agreement – unique in the world due to the asymmetry of development of the economies of the participating countries. An assessment of the impact of integration on Mexico was presented based on extensive literature and empirical studies. The publication is one of the first scientific studies in Poland presenting such a comprehensive investigation of economic integration processes on the North American continent.

Tradycyjny a nowoczesny sposób budowania zaufania klientów do banku na przykladzie mBanku

Author(s): Marika Świeszczak / Language(s): Polish / Publication Year: 2020

Marketing is an area that particularly affects consumer marketing decisions, especially through the use of instruments such as advertisement and gamification. Advertisements are traditional tools for shaping relationships with consumers, while gamification represents a modern and even innovative trend of marketing communication. In order to obtain knowledge about the impact of advertisement and gamification on consumer confidence in mBank, both a quantitative method (an experiment) and a qualitative method (an analysis of the contents of the selected advertisements and mGra) have been used. The choice of these methods seems to be the most appropriate one from the point of view of the research problem, since the quantitative approach allowed the author to explain the studied phenomenon, while the qualitative approach contributed to its understanding.

Traktat o dobrej robocie

Author(s): Tadeusz Kotarbiński / Language(s): Polish / Publication Year: 2019

A re-edition of a classic treatise by Tadeusz Kotarbiński – a philosopher, educator, the creator of autonomous ethics, a thinker committed to social problems, one of the founders and the first rector of the University of Łódź as well as the name behind the award for the best work in the field of Humanities. “Since in reality everything is connected with everything, thus when working on anything for any purposes – if one wishes to do one’s best – various relationships need to be taken into consideration. Therefore, thinking of any strategies and activities, doing research when rationalizing planning, the better one does it, the more complex and richer the relationships become which have to be accommodated in the sphere of one’s knowledge.”

Transfer technologii w procesach innowacyjnych przedsiębiorstwa

Author(s): Jerzy Różański,Nataliya Voytovych / Language(s): Polish / Publication Year: 2019

The main aim of this monography is to asses relations between transfer of technology and innovations in enterprises and design condition for using transfer as a way to increase innovation and competitiveness of enterprises. Authors compare the level of innovation of UE countries and show position of Poland in European ranking of innovation. The second level of comparison concerns role and significance of enterprise environment institutions (centers of transfer technology, incubators etc.) in Poland and in some European countries. Final part of monograph consists recommendations and propositions connected with possibilities of improvement in cooperation between sphere of business and sphere of knowledge and using transfer of technology in innovative processes not only in whole economy but in each enterprise as well.

Transfer wiedzy i technologii z organizacji naukowo-badawczych do przedsiębiorstw

Author(s): Dariusz M. Trzmielak,Małgorzata Grzegorczyk,Bogdan Gregor / Language(s): Polish / Publication Year: 2016

Rozwój innowacyjnej gospodarki zależy od umiejętności korzystania z osiągnięć nauki i możliwości ich dystrybucji. Książka wpisuje się w niezwykle istotną dyskusję dotyczącą poprawy innowacyjności polskiej gospodarki poprzez udoskonalenie współpracy pomiędzy sektorem nauki i biznesu. Autorzy diagnozują sytuację polskich uczelni w zakresie komercjalizacji wyników badań oraz współpracy z biznesem, badają różne grupy interesariuszy biorących udział w profesjonalnych procesach transferu wiedzy i technologii w Polsce, Norwegii, Francji, Czechach, na Węgrzech, a także w USA i Kanadzie. Analizują studia dobrych praktyk – zarówno polskich, jak i zagranicznych – aby na tej podstawie zaprezentować rekomendacje niezbędnych zmian dla uczelni w obszarze kształtowania dobrych relacji z przedsiębiorstwami w celu zwiększania potencjału innowacyjnego i wzrostu konkurencyjności gospodarki.

Transformacje i redefinicje. Adaptacja dziedzictwa architektonicznego do nowej funkcji a zachowanie ciągłości historycznej miejsca

Author(s): Julia Sowińska-Heim / Language(s): Polish / Publication Year: 2018

The author of the present book reveals the importance and complexity of problems and challenges resulting from the introduction of a new function into an architectural object, when the latter constitutes a part of important cultural heritage. The modern phenomenon of adaptation to a new function has been shown on the one hand as a consequence of the shifting perception of heritage and its protection, and on the other – as an important factor stimulating changes, transformations and redefinitions, not only at the level of interfering with the integrity of material substance, but also in reference to the role of heritage in the social and cultural significance of contemporary cities. The scale of this phenomenon and its impact on the current and future appearance of cities, as well as whether or not the next generations will be able to read the original meaning of its architectural heritage, vital both for the city and its culture, makes these issues particularly interesting today.

Transnational Judicial Dialogue on International Law in Central and Eastern Europe

Author(s): / Language(s): English / Publication Year: 2017

This book is a result of a research undertaken under the direction of Professor Anna Wyrozumska by an international team of scholars from selected Central and Eastern European {CEE) States within the framework of the EUROCORES project 10-ECRP-028 International Law through the National Prism: the lmpact of Judicial Dialogue. The authors examine the approach that Polish as well as Czech, Hungarian, Lithuanian, Russian and Ukrainian courts take towards international law in the light of respective regulations governing its position in domestic legal systems. The investigation focuses on judicial dialogue emerging in this context. As the key concept of the book, the judicial dialogue is defined broadly, as a practice of using any kind of cross-references to reasoning and interpretation of law made by judges beyond a given legal system. The authors seek to understand whether, and, if so, under which circumstances and for which purposes the CEE courts enter into a dialogue with international or foreign domestic courts when international law comes into question. The ultimate objective of this study is to assess how judicial dialogue may contribute to the development of international law and, consequently, the strengthening of the rule of law. The volume contributes significantly to the mainstream academic discourse on interpretation and application of international law putting in the spotlight the CEE states’ experience.

Transnational Judicial Dialogue on International Law in Central and Eastern Europe

Annex - Country Reports

Author(s): Anna Wyrozumska,Petr Mikeš,Nóra Chronowski,Erzsébet Csatlós,Tamás Hoffmann,Vaidotas A. Vaičaitis,Marcin Górski,Izabela Skomerska-Muchowska,Eduard Ivanov / Language(s): English / Publication Year: 2017

The purpose of the EUROCORES research project 10-ECRP-028 “International Law through the National Prism: the lmpact of Judicial Dialogue” under the direction of Professor Anna Wyrozumska was to explore the contribution national courts of Central and Eastern European States have made to the development of international law. The focus was placed on the broadly understood judicial dialogue as a means used by the courts in this respect. This volume presents the results of the first, empirical, stage of research and the information resulting from the survey conducted on the basis of the questionnaire addressed to country rapporteurs from the Czech Republic, Hungary, Lithuania, Poland, and Russia. This “raw data” was the basis for the research conducted within the whole project and the analysis presented in the monograph Transnational Judicial Dialogue on International Law in Central and Eastern Europe.

Transport morski kontenerów. Rola i znaczenie intermodalnych terminali przeładunkowych

Author(s): Aleksandra Bartosiewicz / Language(s): Polish / Publication Year: 2020

Maritime container terminals are currently of key importance in the global transport network. However, if container sea freight is taken into account, there are still numerous scientific areas that require detailed research, especially when it comes to the optimization of organizational and technological processes of maritime container reloading and storage bases. The book is an attempt to comprehensively examine processes related to the shipment and handling of containers transported by sea. It also presents the results of multi-criteria analysis (AHP and PROMETHEE II) aimed at assessing the competitive potential of Polish container terminals in the Baltic Sea Region.

Transport towarów w projekcie One Belt and One Road jako component globalnego łańcucha dostaw

Author(s): Urszula Motowidlak,Monika Kujawa / Language(s): Polish / Publication Year: 2018

The main inspiration for the undertaken scientific research was assessment of transport possibilities related to the implementation of the “One Belt and One Road” initiative and a significant expansion of the scope of sales of goods to the Chinese market, also for Polish enterprises. The results of this study are presented in the monograph. The research focused on searching for the answer to the question what conditions should be met, in order the assumptions of the “One Belt and One Road” initiative bring the expected benefits to the Polish economy. This direction of research was determined by the complexity of the issues related to the sustainable development of the transport system, in the context of challenges created by the processes of globalization, integration and transformation. The research results show that the increased activity of Chinese enterprises, as part of the implementation of the “One Belt One Road” initiative, will contribute to an increase in the scale of foreign direct investment and inflow of capital on the markets of European countries and the whole world. By creating links with global value chains and export markets, this initiative creates unique development opportunities for the Polish economy. Due to its location, Poland has the opportunity to become some kind of forwarding center or hub for the Chinese economy, enabling the distribution of goods to other EU Member States and vice versa.

Tropami retoryki, stylistyki i dziennikarstwa. Tom dedykowany Profesor Barbarze Bogołębskiej

Author(s): / Language(s): Polish / Publication Year: 2019

Let the readers not be surprised by the multitude of topics, issues and research positions presented in the publication. The authors have taken up the challenge – following the clues that Professor Barbara Bogołębska has left behind in the many years of her scientific career. Rhetoric, journalism, stylistics, literary studies, media, poetics, persuasion – these are the most important. The volume dedicated to Professor Bogołębska is an opportunity to see the practical application of various methodological approaches, journalism techniques and reflections on the creative process. We hope that media communication researchers, professionals as well as humanities students, will find it to be an inspiration for individual, multidisciplinary studies leading to a better understanding of the phenomena that we witness and participate in.