This article deals with the specialised organ of constitutional review – the Constitutional Court of Georgia and analyses the possibility of granting the Constitutional Court the right to consider and adjudicate upon the decisions of common (ordinary) courts. The Constitutional Court mainly carries out repressive and abstract control. In general, it considers the constitutionality of normative acts. Most of the constitutional claims apply to compliance of the normative acts with the second chapter of the Constitution of Georgia, which guarantees basic rights and the freedom of individuals. Recently, the Public Defender of Georgia launched an initiative to add to the power of the Constitutional Court to consider the constitutionality of the decisions of the courts of last resort. Granting the Constitutional Court this authority is associated with many positive factors. First of all, the Constitutional Court will become the court of last resort in terms of the European Convention on Human Rights and thus, the number of applications against Georgia will be reduced. It will require less financial resources than in case of making application to the European Court of Human rights and the final decision will be adopted in shorter terms. Consequently, the new authority of the Constitutional Court can become a more effective human rights protection mechanism. The new authority may interfere with the common court’s competence; however, finally, the initiative should be positively evaluated.

The article discusses the issue of the place and presence of women in the public sphere, and tries to answer the question of how these matters are impacted by the institution of the Constitutional Tribunal. Applying the method of discourse analysis, I have examined the Polish Constitutional Tribunal’s decisions and looked into the media discussion, with both revealing dominant trends regarding women’s rights in Polish constitutionalism. Using the category of counterpublics, I also cover emancipation movements important on account of women’s rights and their presence in the public domain. I also address the common myths concerning the Constitutional Tribunal. There are also mentions of room for the materialisation of emancipation processes in Polish constitutionalism.

Tak zwana „ustawa o bestiach" stanowi regulację prawną dotyczącą postępowania ze sprawcami szczególnie niebezpiecznymi skazanymi prawomocnymi wyrokami na wiele lat przed jej wejściem w życie i dotyczy postępowania wobec nich po odbyciu przez nich kary pozbawienia wolności. Jej uchwaleniu oraz wejściu w życiu towarzyszyło wiele kontrowersji prawnych, co w efekcie doprowadziło do jej zaskarżenia do Trybunału Konstytucyjnego. Trybunał Konstytucyjny uznał, że umieszczenie osób uznanych za szczególnie niebezpieczne nie narusza konsty- tucyjnych gwarancji praw jednostki. TK stwierdził, że umieszczenie w Ośrodku nie ma charakteru karnego, a jedynie administracyjny, i nie stanowi orzekania drugi raz w tej samej sprawie. Artykuł krytycznie odnosi się do tezy TK i przed- stawionej przezeń argumentacji.