Magdalena Tulibacka
Curriculum Vitae
1107 Dan Johnson Rd N.E.
Atlanta, Georgia
30307, USA
Tel: +1 404 358 8447
[email protected],
[email protected]
EDUCATION:
Ph.D. – Law - 2004 – University of Westminster School of Law, London, UK. Thesis title:
“Behind the Curtain: The True Nature of the Revolution within the Central European Product
Liability systems”. Accepted without corrections by Professor Stephen Weatherill (Oxford) and
Professor Geraint Howells (Sheffield).
Magister Iuris (Polish Law Degree) – 1998 – University of Nicolas Copernicus, Toruń, Poland.
Masters’ Thesis title: “Product Liability in England”.
EMPLOYMENT and AFFILIATIONS:
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Adjunct Professor, Emory Law School. Atlanta – September 2015 – present.
Lectures and seminars on EU law, supervising student dissertations and papers for submission
to the Emory International Law Review.
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Senior Lecturer in EU and Comparative Law, University of Westminster School of Law,
London – 2009 - 2010:
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Earlier: 2000 – 2004: - Graduate Teaching Assistant. 2004 – 2009 – Visiting Lecturer. Teaching
EU Law, Comparative Law, Consumer Law, Business Law, supervising students’ dissertations.
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Associate Research Fellow, European and Comparative Civil Justice Systems Research
Programme - University of Oxford, Centre for Socio-Legal Studies – 2009 – present
(earlier: 2004 – 2008: Research Officer. 2008 – 2009: Research Fellow).
Research into global and pan-European civil justice systems: in particular collective actions,
litigation costs and funding, and ADR. Published books and articles, taught product liability law,
organized conferences, took part in the Oxford Law Faculty admissions process. Presently:
Taking part in pan-European studies of collective redress mechanisms and ADR mechanisms.
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Co-editor of Newsletter on Developments in Civil Justice Systems, European Justice
Forum, Brussels – 2010 – present.
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Visiting Fellow in Tort Law, British Institute of International and Comparative Law,
London: 2012 – 2013 (earlier – 2003 – 2004 – Research Fellow in Tort Law)
Established and helped manage the Institute’s Product Liability Database containing substantive
law, case law and doctrinal opinions on product liability across Europe. Took part in panEuropean research projects on various aspects of tort law. Organized conferences and
seminars. Project Consultant and the Polish correspondent in the study commissioned by the
European Commission Focus on Collective redress
(http://www.biicl.org/private_international_law/research/).
PUBLICATIONS:
Books (written and edited):
2014 – Tort Law in Poland, co-written with Ewa Baginska for the series: International
Encyclopaedia of Laws, Kluwer Law International. Quoted 3 times (source: HeinOnline).
2010 – C. Hodges, S. Vogenauer, M. Tulibacka (eds.) Costs and Funding of Litigation –
Comparative Review, Oxford and Portland Oregon: Hart Publishing. Quoted 21 times (source:
google scholar)
2009 – Product Liability Law in Transition – A Central European Perspective, Farnham,
Burlington: Ashgate Publishing. Quoted 5 times (source: google scholar)
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2009 – D. Hensler, C. Hodges and M. Tulibacka (eds.) The Globalization of Class Actions, The
Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, vol. 622.
Book chapters:
2017 (forthcoming) – Medical Product Liability in Europe, in A. den Exter (ed.) European
Health Law Compendium, Kluwer Law.
2017 (forthcoming) – The new compensation scheme for medical incidents in Poland, in C.
Hodges (ed.) Medical compensation schemes in Europe, Hart Publishing.
2017 (forthcoming) – Mediacja w sprawach konsumenckich (Mediation in consumer cases), in
E. Gmurzynska, R. Morek (eds.) Mediacje. Teoria i Praktyka (Mediation. Theory and Practice),
Third Edition, Wolters Kluwer Polska,
2015 – Collective Consumer ADR in the European Union, in D. Fairgrieve, E. Lein, M. OteroCrespo, V. Smith (eds.) Collective Redress in Europe: Why and How? BIICL.
2010 - Poland in C. Hodges, S. Vogenauer, M. Tulibacka, (eds.) Costs and Funding of Litigation –
Comparative Review, Oxford and Portland Oregon: Hart Publishing; pp. 453 – 466.
2009 – The ethos of Woolf reforms in the transformations of post-socialist civil procedures –
case study of Poland in D. Dwyer (ed.) The Woolf Reforms – Ten Years After, Cambridge
University Press, pp. 395 – 413.
2009 - Poland in D. Hensler, C. Hodges and M. Tulibacka, The Globalization of Class Actions,
The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, vol. 622pp. 190 – 200. (A
more detailed national report available on the website of the Stanford Law School Global Class
Actions Exchange: http://globalclassactions.stanford.edu/).
2007 – Recent judgements of the European Court of Justice and the elusive goal of
harmonisation of product liability law in Europe in C. Twigg-Flesner, D. Parry, G. Howells, A.
Nordhausen (eds.) “Yearbook of Consumer Law 2008”, Ashgate Publishing.
2005 – Product Liability: The Perspective of New Member Countries in D. Fairgrieve (ed.)
“Product Liability in Comparative Perspective”, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Commentaries to Codes:
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2017 – consumer sales chapter of the Polish Civil Code (K. Osajda (ed.) Kodeks Cywilny.
Komentarz. Zobowiazania, Czesc Szczegolowa (Civil Code. Commentary. Obligations. The
substantive part), Vol. IIIB, C.H.Beck.
Articles, papers and notes:
2015 – Proceduralization of EU consumer law ‘through the back door’ European Review of
Administrative Law, 1 (2015).
2014 – Class Actions in Poland – Stanford Law School Global Class Actions Exchange website:
http://globalclassactions.stanford.edu/.
2012 – Poland in C. Hodges, I. Benohr, N. Creutzfeld-Banda Consumer ADR in Europe, Oxford,
Portland Oregon: Hart Publishing.
2011 – Class Actions and Litigation Funding in Poland (co-written with R. Góral, Stanford),
available at:
http://globalclassactions.stanford.edu/sites/default/files/documents/Polish%20civil%20justice
%20updatePDF.pdf.
2009 – Europeanization of civil procedures – in search of a coherent approach, 46 (5) Common
Market Law Review 1527 – 1565. Quoted 18 times (source: google scholar)
2009 – Costs and Funding of Civil Litigation: A Comparative Study (co-authored with
Christopher Hodges and Stefan Vogenauer),
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1511714. Quoted 26 times (source:
google scholar).
2008 – Polish contributions to H. Schulte-Nolke, C. Twigg-Flesner, M. Ebers (eds.) EC Consumer
Law Compendium. The Consumer Acquis and its transposition in the Member States, Sellier:
European Law Publishers.
2004 - Central European Product Liability – the Next Exciting Chapter in the Evolution of
Product Liability Law in the European Product Liability Review, Issue 17, pp. 5 - 12 (Lovells).
2002 – Consumer Sales Law in Poland – Changing the Law, Changing Attitudes Journal of
Consumer Policy 25: 403 – 437, Kluwer.
CONFERENCE PAPERS AND PRESENTATIONS:
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Highlights:
2016 – Testimony to the European Parliament on the Research Paper co-authored with
Blomeyer & Sanz, entitled “Common Minimum Standards in Civil Procedure.”
2016 – Class Actions in Poland, presented at the University of Oxford’s Conference on Collective
Redress.
2014 – Proceduralization of EU consumer law – Conference paper presented at the Maastricht
University Law School Conference ‘Proceduralisation of EU law through the back door’
2009 – Expert presentation for the European Parliament’s IMCO Committee meeting on Unfair
Commercial Practices and Misleading and Comparative Advertising.
2008 – Conference paper The spirit of Woolf reforms in the transformations of post-socialist civil
procedures – case study of Poland, British Academy Conference The Civil Procedure Rules: Ten
Years On.
2008 – Conference paper Collective redress in the European Union – new tendencies,
Excess/Surplus Lines Claims Association and Swiss Re Second Annual European Conference,
Zurich.
2008 – Conference paper English Group Litigation Order – model for Europe? European Law
Academy (ERA) Conference on Collective Redress, Florence.
2006 – 2007 – Presentations on consumer acquis, liability of service providers and product
liability law of the European Union to the European Commission, representatives of
governments and consumer organizations of the new Member States – Brussels, Budapest,
Bratislava, Zagreb, Ljubljana, Skopje. Conferences organized by the European Commission and
the respective national Chambers of Commerce or Industry Associations.
2007 – Conference paper Harmonization of law in the new European Union: reconciling legal
traditions and legal cultures - new developments and challenges, Hebrew University, Jerusalem.
2007 – Conference paper EU Law and Consumer Protection presented at the European
Commission (TAIEX) and Serbian Chamber of Commerce Conference on European Consumer
Law, Belgrade.
Other papers and presentations:
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2013 – Conference paper Class Actions in Poland: Two Years of Tries, Successes and Failures of
the Class Actions Act, Swiss Re and Oxford University Conference Building Effective Markets –
the Role of an Integrated Legal System, Zurich.
2012 – Paper on the history and progress of European Integration and EU law, Summer School
organized by the Catholic University of America, the Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland.
2008 – Conference paper Harmonization of civil procedures in the European Union – new
tendencies, Catholic University of Lublin, Poland.
2007 – Co-speaker and moderator of Seminar Evaluating Courts and Judges – Value for Money
(presented by Professor Denis Galligan) at the Centre for Socio-Legal Studies, Oxford University.
2006 – Conference paper Collective enforcement of consumer law in the UK, presented at the
Conference on Group Litigation in England and Wales, Centre for Socio-Legal Studies, Oxford
University.
2006 – Conference paper Product Liability in the European Union – new Europe, new
challenges? presented at a Conference organized by the European Commission and the
Slovakian Chamber of Commerce in Bratislava.
2006 – Presentation on expert witnesses in Polish and English law during the British Institute of
International and Comparative Law Seminar Expert Evidence in Europe.
2006 – Paper The changing legal cultures in post-socialist states and the position of consumers:
case study of Poland, Hungary and the Czech Republic, presented at Centre for Socio-Legal
Studies, Oxford University.
2005 – Conference paper Costs of Litigation in Central Europe – beyond Financial Burdens
presented at the Conference Does the litigation system in England and Wales offer access to
justice and value for money?, held at the Centre for Socio-Legal Studies, Oxford University.
2005 – Paper Costs and Funding of Civil Justice in the European Union presented at a meeting of
the Product Liability Forum of the British Institute of International and Comparative Law.
2004 – Conference paper Position of Central European Consumers – the Revolution at the British
Institute of International and Comparative Law Conference Product Liability and Safety in
Central and Eastern Europe;
2003 – Product Liability in Central Europe – asbestos and class actions – guest speaker at the
Product Liability Retreat of Lovells lawyers.
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2003 – Product Liability in Central Europe – an Overview – guest speaker at Lovells LLP research
seminar.
OTHER POSITIONS AND APPOINTMENTS:
2015 – Polish correspondent and collective ADR expert in the European Commission project
conducted by the British Institute of International and Comparative Law, London. Project
coordinators: D. Fairgrieve, E. Lein, M. Otero-Crespo, V. Smith.
2014 – present – EU consumer law expert for European Commission studies on consumer law
(for instance on the regulatory coverage of Internet Comparison Tools, electricity markets, and
energy markets). Studies conducted by Deloitte Luxembourg and IPSOS London.
2010 – present - Polish correspondent for the ‘Common Core of European Law’ Project
(Product Liability).
2007 – 2010 - Member of the advisory panel designing courses in consumer law organized by
BEUC (the European Consumers’ Organization) and the European Commission.
2006 – 2010 - Training personnel of consumer organizations and civil servants from EU Member
States on consumer collective redress, European consumer sales law, and European contract
law.
2007 – 2009 - Member of the Comparative Law Committee of the Civil Justice Council (advisory
body to UK Ministry of Justice).
2008 - Member of the advisory panel of UK Government’s Department for Business, Enterprise
and Regulatory Reform (review of English consumer law).
2006 - Invited expert to the Polish Civil Code Codification Commission’s meeting (organized by
the Polish Ministry of Justice) on collective actions;
2005 – Polish Correspondent for the European Commission’s project (commissioned to the
British Institute for International and Comparative Law) on the possible obstacles to
implementation of the Unfair Commercial Practices Directive in Europe.
2005 – Polish Correspondent for the European Commission’s Review of Consumer Acquis
(commissioned to the University of Bielefeld).
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ACADEMIC TEACHING EXPERIENCE:
EU Law (Emory Law School, Atlanta, Westminster Law School, London, Jagiellonian University,
Krakow)
Comparative Law (Westminster Law School)
Consumer Law (substantive law and procedure) (Westminster Law School, Brussels, European
Law Academy Trier)
Product Liability Law (Oxford University, European Law Academy Trier)
Business Law (Westminster Business School)
BOOK REVIEWS RECEIVED:
J. Stapleton, review of “Product Liability Law in Transition: a Central European Perspective”,
(2010) 126 L.Q.R., pp. 487 – 490;
N. Reich, review of “Product Liability Law in Transition: a Central European Perspective”, (2009)
CMLR, pp. 1351 – 1354.
CITIZENSHIP: POLISH, U.S.
LANGUAGES: POLISH (MOTHER TONGUE), ENGLISH (FLUENT), RUSSIAN (BASIC), FRENCH
(BASIC)
HOBBIES AND INTERESTS:
Tennis, golf, violin, travel.
REFERENCES:
Professor Christopher Hodges,
The University of Oxford
Centre for Socio-Legal Studies
Manor Road, Oxford, OX1 3UQ, UK
[email protected]
Professor Andreas PhillipoppoulosMihaloppoulos,
University of Westminster School of Law
1 Little Titchfield Street, London, W1W 7UW,
London, UK
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[email protected]
Professor Stephen Weatherill
Somerville College
The University of Oxford
Woodstock Rd, Oxford, OX2 6HD
[email protected]
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