Maciej Chmieliński

Maciej Marcin Chmieliński (born 7 December 1971, Łódź) is a Polish legal scholar, notary, historian of legal doctrines, who serves as the ambassador of Poland to Australia from 2023 to 2024.

Life Maciej Chmieliński graduated from law at the University of Łódź. In 2003, he defended there his Ph.D. thesis on Wilhelm von Humboldt and Max Stirner; his doctoral advisor was Zbigniew Rau. In 2007, he received Habilitation postdoctoral degree.

Since 2001, he has been working at the University of Łódź. He is associate professor at the Department of Political and Legal Doctrines, Law and Administration Faculty. He was also lecturer at the Łódź Film School, and European School of Law and Administration, among others. Editor of the Folia Iuridica journal.

In May 2023, he was nominated ambassador of Poland to Australia, based in Canberra, accredited also to Nauru, Fiji, Papua New Guinea, Vanuatu, and Solomon Islands. He returned to Poland in July 2024.

Besides Polish, he speaks fluently English, and German, as well as basic Russian and Latin. He is married to Małgorzata Jagas-Chmielińska.

Works

Atomizm a indywidualizm rozważania nad myśla̜ polityczna̜ i prawna̜ Wilhelma von Humboldta, Łódź: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2004,. Max Stirner : jednostka, społeczeństwo, państwo, Kraków: Księgarnia Akademicka, 2006,. Umowa społeczna i jej krytycy w myśli politycznej i prawnej, Warszawa: Wydawnictwo Naukowe Scholar, 2010,. Doktryna Polaków : klasyczna filozofia polityczna w dyskursie potocznym, Łódź: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2018,. The philosophy of legal change : theoretical perspectives and practical processes, Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge, 2020,.