Jiří Přibáň

Jiří Přibáň (born 25 August 1967 in Prague) is a Czech academic, author, translator and essayist specializing in the areas of philosophy of law, sociology and politology. He was promoted to a professorship at the Charles University in Prague in 2002. During his career, he published several books.[1] He regularly appears as a political commentator in the mainstream Czech media, such as Czech Television,[2] Hospodářské noviny,[3][4] and Novinky.cz.[5][6] He also contributed to Journal of Law and Society and to the BBC World Service. He was a member of the Program Council of the Forum 2000 conference.[7]

Přibáň graduated from Charles University in Prague in 1989 and joined Cardiff Law School[8] staff in 2001. He is noted for applying ideas of Niklas Luhmann's system theory on philosophy of law.

In February, 2013, he refused the offer of the President Miloš Zeman to become a constitutional judge.[9]

Selected publications

References

  1. "Jiří Přibáň" (in Czech). Portál české literatury. Retrieved 5 April 2013.
  2. "Jiří Přibáň teoretik práva, Cardiff Law School" (in Czech). Czech Television. Retrieved 5 April 2013.
  3. "Jiří Přibáň: Klaus není velezrádce, ale ústavu porušil" (in Czech). Hospodářské noviny. Retrieved 5 April 2013.
  4. "Okamurovi a Bobošíkové nepřikládám žádnou váhu, tvrdí právní filozof Přibáň" (in Czech). Hospodářské noviny. 29 November 2013. Retrieved 5 April 2013.
  5. "Jiří Přibáň: O státu aneb Úvaha povolební" (in Czech). Novinky.cz. 7 February 2013. Retrieved 5 April 2013.
  6. "Jiří Přibáň: Dítě války, oběť míru?" (in Czech). novinky.cz. 19 December 2012. Retrieved 5 April 2013.
  7. "Jiří Přibáň". Forum 2000. Retrieved 5 April 2013.
  8. Hekrdla, Martin (11 June 2012). "České ticho po pěšině" (in Czech). Týden. Retrieved 5 April 2013.
  9. Třeček, Čeněk (13 February 2013). "Zeman už vybírá nové ústavní soudce. Přibáň nabídku odmítl". Mladá fronta DNES (in Czech). iDNES. Retrieved 5 April 2013.

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