Mańko,Rafał

ACADEMIC DEGREES
Habilitation in law (venia legendi)
(21.1.2019)
University of Wrocław, Faculty of Law, Administration and Economics (Poland)
Habilitation dissertation: W stronę krytycznej filozofii orzekania. Polityczność, etyka, legitymizacja [Towards a Critical Philosophy of Adjudication: The Political, Ethics, Legitimacy] (Łódź: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2018).]
PhD in law
(3.12.2014)
University of Amsterdam, Faculty of Law, Centre for the Study of European Contract Law (The Netherlands)
Doctoral dissertation: Legal Survivals: A Study of Continuity in Polish Private Law After 1989
Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Martijn W. Hesselink (supervisor) and Dr. Jacobien W. Rutgers (co-supervisor)
Master of laws
(12.5.2003)
University of Warsaw, Faculty of Law and Administration (Poland)
Master’s thesis: Alluvio w prawie rzymskim [Alluvio in Roman law]
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Maria Zabłocka
5 year unitary master's programme (equivalent of LL.B. + LL.M.)
Dr. habil. Rafał Mańko ― CV and list of publications
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LINGUISTIC COMPETENCE
Polish
Native
English
full professional working proficiency (C2)
Italian
professional working proficiency (B2)
French
professional working proficiency (B2)
Russian
working proficiency (B2)
German
limited working proficiency (C1)
Spanish
elementary knowledge (B1)
Latin
passive knowledge of legal Latin
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2025 – to date
University of Wrocław | Faculty of Law, Administration and Economics (Wrocław, Poland)
Associated researcher at the Department of Legal Theory and Philosophy of Law (from 1 October 2025)
2023 – to date
Central European University | Democracy Institute (Budapest, Hungary)
Research affiliate of the Rule of Law Working Group
June 2023
Oñati International Institute for the Sociology of Law
Visiting researcher
2014 – 2021
University of Amsterdam | Faculty of Law (The Netherlands)
Fellow of the Amsterdam Centre for Transformative Private Law (until 2020: Centre for the Study of European Contract Law)
2016 – 2021
University of Wrocław | Faculty of Law, Administration and Economics ― Centre for Legal Education and Social Theory (founded by Prof. ADAM CZARNOTA)
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Associated researcher and principal investigator in a National Research Centre (NCN) ‘Sonata’ research project
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Visiting lecturer in legal theory, Department of Legal Theory
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Co-investigator in an National Research Centre (NCN) ‘Opus’ research project
Dr. habil. Rafał Mańko ― CV and list of publications
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2012 – to date
European Parliamentary Research Service (EPRS) (Brussels, Belgium)
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Policy analyst specialising in the rule of law and comparative private law
2016 – 2017
Koźmiński University | College of Law (Warsaw, Poland)
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Visiting lecturer, Department of Legal Theory
2008 – 2012
Court of Justice of the European Union, Luxembourg
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Lawyer linguist
2006 – 2008
University of Warsaw
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Visiting lecturer in private law (2007/2008), Centre for Europe
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Visiting lecturer in EU law (2006/2007), School of Management
2007 –2008
Łazarski University (Warsaw, Poland)
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Visiting lecturer in EU law
2007 – 2008
Chodkowska School of Management and Law (Warsaw, Poland)
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Visiting lecturer in EU law
2007 – 2018
University of Amsterdam – Centre for the Study of European Contract Law
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Research associate
2004 – 2007
University of Amsterdam | Amsterdam Institute of Private Law
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Junior researcher (promovendus)
2003 – 2004
University of Warsaw | Chair of Roman and Ancient Law
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Junior researcher (doktorant) at the Chair of Roman Law
EDUCATION
2004 – 2006
Ius Commune Research School
Inter-university research school for junior legal researchers
2003
University of Nijmegen, Faculty of Law
Huyghens student (scholarship awarded by NUFFIC)
1998 – 2003
University of Warsaw, Faculty of Law and Administration
Graduated summa cum laude
2001 – 2002
University of Naples “Federico II”, Law Faculty
Dr. habil. Rafał Mańko ― CV and list of publications
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Socrates/Erasmus student
2000 – 2001
Center for American Law Studies (Warsaw)
Programme on US law taught by University of Florida faculty
UNIVERSITY LEVEL TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2020/2021
Summer term
Łazarski University, Faculty of Law
Lecture Law of the internal market (in Polish) (8 lectures 2 hours each, concluded by a written exam)
2017/2018
summer term
University of Wrocław | Faculty of Law, Administration and Economics
Tutorials (travaux dirigés) on Théorie et philosopie du droit (14 hours) for students of the 5th year of law studies and Erasmus exchange students
2016/2017
summer term
Koźmiński University (Warsaw, Poland) | College of Law
Specialisation course on Podejmowanie decyzji interpretacyjnych [Interpretive decision-making] (30 hours) for law students
2016/2017
winter term
University of Białystok | Białystok Legal English Centre (BLEC)
Course on Metodologia przekładu ptawnicze (prawo cywilne i handlowe) [Methodology of Legal Translation (Civil and Commercia Law] (16 hours) as part of post-graduate course for legal translators
2016/2017
winter term
University of Wrocław | Faculty of Law, Administration and Economics
Tutorials (travaux dirigés) on Théorie et philosopie du droit (14 hours) for students of the 5th year of law studies and Erasmus exchange students
2016/2017
winter term
Koźmiński University (Warsaw, Poland) | College of Law
Course on Introduction to Law (30 hours), in English, for students of the 1st year of ‘Law and Finance’ studies
2015/2016
summer term
University of Białystok | Białystok Legal English Centre (BLEC)
Course on Metodologia przekładu ptawnicze (prawo cywilne i handlowe) [Methodology of Legal Translation (Civil and Commercia Law] (16 hours) as part of post-graduate course for legal translators
2007/2008
summer term
University of Warsaw | Centre for Europe
Course on Wprowadzenie do prawa prywatnego [Introduction to Private Law], lectures (in Polish) for undergraduate students of European studies
2007/2008
Łazarski University (Warsaw, Poland)
Dr. habil. Rafał Mańko ― CV and list of publications
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summer term
Courses on European Consumer Law and European Competition Law, Specialised conversatoria (in English) for masters’ students of law
2007/2008
winter term
Chodkowska School of Management and Law
Lecture Introduction to EU Law for international exchange students (Erasmus) of business administration
2006/2007
winter term
University of Warsaw | School of Management
Cours on Introduction to EU Law for international exchange students (Erasmus) of business administration
2005/2006
summer term
University of Warsaw | Faculty of Management
Course on European Business Law for international postgraduate students of the “Global MBA” programe
2005/2006
summer term
University of Warsaw | Faculty of Management
Course on Introduction to EU Law for international exchange students (Erasmus) of business administration
2005/2006
winter term
European Institute in Łódź, Poland (affiliated to the Institute of Public Administration in Maastricht)
Seminars for ministry officials on The Application of Community Law in the Member States and The Action for Annulment of a Community Act
SUPERVISION OF PH.D. THESES
Since 2023
Supervision of PhD candidate SZYMON BOKOTA
Thesis title: “Human–animal organisms in the perspective of legal theory and philosophy of law”
University of Wrocław, Department of Legal Theory and Philosophy of Law
PARTICIPATION IN PH.D. JURIES (AS OPPONENT/REVIEWER)
2025
Reviewer (opponent) – author of written review of doctoral dissertation prepared by Jakub Hudsky under the supervision of Prof. Adam Sulikowski and Dr. habil. Anna Śledzińska-Simon, University of Wrocław
27.11.2024
Reviewer (opponent) – author of written review of thesis & participant of Ph.D. jury at the public defence of Ph.D. thesis by by Wojciech Różycki under the supervision of Professor Piszko, University of Szczecin,
Dr. habil. Rafał Mańko ― CV and list of publications
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defended at the University of Wrocław
27.11.2024
Reviewer (opponent) – author of written review of thesis & participant of Ph.D. jury at the public defence of Ph.D. thesis by Justyna Jezierska at the University of Wrocław (supervisor: Professor Andrzej Bator)
19.10.2021
Reviewer (opponent) – author of written review of thesis & participant of Ph.D. jury at the public defence of Ph.D. thesis by Magdalena Witkowska-Krzymkowska at the SWPS University in Warsaw (supervisor: Professor Bronisław Sitek).
6.12.2019
Reviewer (opponent) – author of written review of thesis & participant in Ph.D. jury at the public defence of Ph.D. thesis by Krzysztof Gajek on Declaration of Will in Electronic Communications (in Polish) at the Andrzej Frycz Modrzewski University, Kraków, Poland (supervisor: Professor Mariusz Załucki).