Objective: 
Comprehensive understanding of key elements necessary for functioning of democratic states.
Ability to discern between different forms of governments.

Contents: 
Students during this course of lectures will familiarize with basic elements of functioning of democratic state and its institutions.

Lectures
1. Modern democratic state, its key elements and historical evolution.
2. Rule of law principle and its significance for democratic system.
3. Presidential system of governments.
4. Parliamentary system of governments.Recommended reading: 

• Comparative Constitutional Engineering, Giovanni Sartori, Macmillan Press Ltd, London, 1997
• Outline of Polish Constitutional Law, Bogusław Banaszak, Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Wrocławskiego Wrocław, 2008