September 29-30, 2016

Main hall of the Old Library building

It would be a mistake to think the modern era has simply relegated marriage and family to the non-political sphere of privacy. The identity of marriage, its recognition by, or transformation through law, is a reoccurring and vibrant political issue of our time with monumental legal implications. The gradual transformation of marriage from an aspect of the life of a broader community to little more than a bilateral, consensual agreement between adults, seems to be a far gone conclusion at this point. Those who think this is a positive development might want to think again. New cultural and political challenges to the identity of marriage have emerged reopening political debate, leading to

profound legal transformations.

Deep philosophical questions and much broader cultural issues underpin this political and legal debate. They embrace core questions at the heart of legal and political thought about the identity of social structures, their institutionalisation and transformation, and the perennial question of the nature and limits of the state authority.

All these circumstances explain why, the issue of marriage identity is so important for contemporary legal culture. The Ordo Iuris Institute for Legal Culture in cooperation with the Faculty of Law and Administration at Warsaw University, is undertaking this joint initiative to address marriage and its identity through a conference on international law. This two day-academic symposium with legal scholars and lawyer practitioners before national and international fora, will provide an excellent opportunity for in-depth investigation of this fundamental issue.

You can not miss this conference!

Yours faithfully,

Attorney Jerzy Kwaśniewski
President
Ordo Iuris Institute for Legal Culture

Prof. UW dr hab. Aleksander Stępkowski
Faculty of Law and Administration, University of Warsaw