Odpowiedzialność dyscyplinarna nauczycieli akademickich

The purpose of this article is to analyze legal regulations pertaining to disciplinary liability of academic staff in Poland. It is composed of two integral parts: first, it describes questions connected with the basics of disciplinary liability of academic staff, including premise of liability and penalty and second, it centers around notions of legal system and disciplinary litigations initiated by university disciplinary committees for academic staff. Due to the vastness of the topic, this paper is confined to proceedings conducted by the authority of first instance exclusively. It also analyses disciplinary proceedings of academic teachers in a draft law amending the Law on Higher Education.