Research/art/teacher profile of a person
Name and surname:
doc. JUDr. Martin Turčan, PhD.
Document type:
Research/art/teacher profile of a person
The name of the university:
Comenius University Bratislava
The seat of the university:
Šafárikovo námestie 6, 818 06 Bratislava

I. - Basic information

I.1 - Surname
Turčan
I.2 - Name
Martin
I.3 - Degrees
doc. JUDr., PhD.
I.4 - Year of birth
1983
I.5 - Name of the workplace
Comenius University in Bratislava, Faculty of Law, Department of Theory of Law and Philosophy of Law
I.6 - Address of the workplace
Šafárikovo sq. no 6, 810 00 Bratislava, Slovakia
I.7 - Position
associate professor
I.8 - E-mail address
martin.turcan@flaw.uniba.sk
I.10 - Name of the study field in which a person works at the university
30. Law
I.11 - ORCID iD
0000-0002-4616-6730

II. - Higher education and further qualification growth

II.1 - First degree of higher education
II.2 - Second degree of higher education
II.a - Name of the university or institution
Comenius University in Bratislava, Faculty of Law
II.b - Year
2006
II.c - Study field and programme
30. Law, Law
II.3 - Third degree of higher education
II.a - Name of the university or institution
Comenius University in Bratislava, Faculty of Law
II.b - Year
2010
II.c - Study field and programme
30. Law, Theory and History of State and Law
II.4 - Associate professor
II.a - Name of the university or institution
Comenius University in Bratislava, Faculty of Law
II.b - Year
2017
II.c - Study field and programme
30. Law, Theory and History of State and Law
II.5 - Professor
II.6 - Doctor of Science (DrSc.)

III. - Current and previous employment

III.a - Occupation-position III.b - Institution III.c - Duration
associate professor Comenius University in Bratislava, Faculty of Law, Department of Theory of Law and Philosophy of Law since 2019
pastor for university students Moravian-Slezian Conference of the Seventh Day Adventist Church 2016-2019
assistant professor Comenius University in Bratislava, Faculty of Law, Department of Theory of Law and Social Sciencs 2010-2017
lawyer Comenius University in Bratislava, Rectorate 2008-2009
lawyer Railways of the Slovak Republic - Asset Management Centre 2006-2007

IV. - Development of pedagogical, professional, language, digital and other skills

IV.a - Activity description, course name, other IV.b - Name of the institution IV.c - Year
Clinical forms of legal education (study visit) Palacky University Olomouc, Faculty of Law 2013

V. - Overview of activities within the teaching career at the university

V.1 - Overview of the profile courses taught in the current academic year according to study programmes
V.1.a - Name of the profile course V.1.b - Study programme V.1.c - Degree V.1.d - Field of study
Legal Theory 1 Law I. Law
Legal Theory 1 Law I. Law
Legal Theory 2 Law I. Law
Legal Theory 2 Law I. Law
Theory of Law Economics and Law I. Economics and Management, Law
Legal Argumentation and Interpretation of Law and Their Application in Practice Law II. Law
Legal Skills (Interpretation and Argumentation in Legal Practice) Law II. Law
Legal and Moral Argumentation Theory and History of State and Law III. Law
V.2 - Overview of the responsibility for the delivery, development and quality assurance of the study programme or its part at the university in the current academic year
V.2.a - Name of the study programme V.2.b - Degree V.2.c - Field of study
Theory and History of State andLaw third (doctoral) Law
V.3 - Overview of the responsibility for the development and quality of the field of habilitation procedure and inaugural procedure in the current academic year
V.3.a - Name of the field of habilitation procedure and inaugural procedure V.3.b - Study field to which it is assigned
Thaory and History of State and Law Law
V.4 - Overview of supervised final theses
V.4.1 - Number of currently supervised theses
V.4.a - Bachelor's (first degree)
3
V.4.b - Diploma (second degree)
4
V.4.c - Dissertation (third degree)
0
V.4.2 - Number of defended theses
V.5 - Overview of other courses taught in the current academic year according to study programmes
V.5.a - Name of the course V.5.b - Study programme V.5.c - Degree V.5.d - Field of study
Law and influence of Judeo-Christian tradition Law I. Law

VI. - Overview of the research/artistic/other outputs

VI.1 - Overview of the research/artistic/other outputs and the corresponding citations
VI.1.1 - Number of the research/artistic/other outputs
VI.1.a - Overall
112
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
35
VI.1.2 - Number of the research/artistic/other outputs registered in the Web of Science or Scopus databases
VI.1.a - Overall
7
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
7
VI.1.3 - Number of citations corresponding to the research/artistic/other outputs
VI.1.a - Overall
145
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
75
VI.1.4 - Number of citations registered in the Web of Science or Scopus databases
VI.1.a - Overall
5
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
5
VI.1.5 - Number of invited lectures at the international, national level
VI.1.a - Overall
0
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
0
VI.2 - The most significant research/artistic/other outputs
1

TURČAN, M. Critique of the Concept of Human Dignity in the Conception of Suzy Killmister. In Filozofia, 2022, vol. 77, no. 1, pp. 36-47. ISSN 0046-385X.

2

TURČAN, M. On the Negative View of M. Rothbard on the Idea of Animal Rights. In Filozofia, 2020, vol. 75, no. 7, pp. 539-554. ISSN 0046-385X.

3

TURČAN, M. A Bit Of Empiricism: A Quantitative View of Selected Types of Legal Argumentation in the Decisions of Slovak and Czech Top Courts. In Studia Iuridica Cassoviensia, 2025, vol. 13, no. 2, pp. 192-216. ISSN 1339-3995.

4

TURČAN, M. Basics of Biblical Law. Bratislava: Comenius University, Faculty of Law, 2024, 169 pp. ISBN 978-80-7160-716-8.

5

TURČAN, M. Ethical Dimensions of Theory of Law. 2nd ed. Bratislava: Comenius University, Faculty of Law, 2022, 124 pp. ISBN 978-80-7160-654-3.

VI.3 - The most significant research/artistic/other outputs over the last six years
1

TURČAN, M. Critique of the Concept of Human Dignity in the Conception of Suzy Killmister. In Filozofia, 2022, vol. 77, no. 1, pp. 36-47. ISSN 0046-385X.

2

TURČAN, M. On the Negative View of M. Rothbard on the Idea of Animal Rights. In Filozofia, 2020, vol. 75, no. 7, pp. 539-554. ISSN 0046-385X.

3

TURČAN, M. A Bit Of Empiricism: A Quantitative View of Selected Types of Legal Argumentation in the Decisions of Slovak and Czech Top Courts. In Studia Iuridica Cassoviensia, 2025, vol. 13, no. 2, pp. 192-216. ISSN 1339-3995.

4

TURČAN, M. Basics of Biblical Law. Bratislava: Comenius University, Faculty of Law, 2024, 169 pp. ISBN 978-80-7160-716-8.

5

TURČAN, M. Ethical Dimensions of Theory of Law. 2nd ed. Bratislava: Comenius University, Faculty of Law, 2022, 124 pp. ISBN 978-80-7160-654-3.

VI.4 - The most significant citations corresponding to the research/artistic/other outputs
1

TURČAN, M. Pseudlaw. In Právny obzor, 2016, vol. 98, no. 2, pp. 138-144. ISSN 0032-6984.

[o1] cited in: NETOLITZKY, D. J. After the hammer: six years of Meads v. Meads. In Alberta Law Review, 2019, vol. 56, no. 4, p. 1189 ; ESCI.

2

MRVA, M., TURČAN, M. On legal principles. In MRVA, M., TURČAN, M. Interpretation and Argumentation in Law. Bratislava: Wolters Kluwer, 2016, pp. 11-18. ISBN 978-80-8168-390-9.

[o1] cited in: ČENTÉŠ, J., KRAJČOVIČ, M. Consideration of the effectiveness of flat-rate compensation for damage in insolvency proceedings. In Entrepreneurship and Sustainability Issues [electronic document], 2019, vol. 7, no. 2, p. 1447 [online] ; ESCI ; SCOPUS.

3

GAHÉR, F., MRVA, M., ŠTEVČEK, M., TURČAN, M. Open Texture of Concepts and Rules – Fuel for the Fire of Subjectivism in Applied Semantics? In Filozofia, 2020, vol. 75, no. 4, pp. 309-323. ISSN 0046-385X.

[n1] cited in: NEŠTINA, M. Concept vs. conception of justice : 2nd part. In Filozofia, 2022, vol. 77, no. 5, pp. 343 and 352.

[n1] cited in: NEŠTINA, M. Concept vs. conception of justice : 1st part. In Filozofia, 2022, vol. 77, no. 4, p. 236.

4

TURČAN, M. Law and Judeo-Christian Tradition. Bratislava: Comenius University in Bratislava, Faculty of Law, 2014, 129 pp. ISBN 978-80-7160-350-4.

[o3] cited in: HAPLA, M. Human Rights Without Metaphysics: Legitimity in (Post)Modern Era. Brno: Masaryk University, 2016, p. 100.

[o4] cited in: NEŠTINA, M. Forms of Religious Argumentation in Liberal Democracy. Bratislava: Comenius University, 2017, p. 40.

5

TURČAN, M. Etické dimenzie teórie práva. 2. preprac. vydanie. Bratislava: Právnická fakulta UK, 2022, 124 s. ISBN 978-80-7160-654-3.

[n3] cited in: Šuška, Marián. : Turčan Martin. Etické dimenzie práva - In: Právník, Roč. 162, č. 7, 2023 ; s. 686-689.

VI.5 - Participation in conducting (leading) the most important research projects or art projects over the last six years
1

Grant project VEGA no. 1/0186/24 "Religious and Secular Vlues in the Slovak Law"

VII. - Overview of organizational experience related to higher education and research/artistic/other activities

VII.a - Activity, position VII.b - Name of the institution, board VII.c - Duration
member of the comission Legislative Commission of the Academic Senate of the Comenius University in Bratislava, Faculty of Law since 2020

VIII. - Overview of international mobilities and visits oriented on education and research/artistic/other activities in the given field of study

VIII.a - Name of the institution VIII.b - Address of the institution VIII.c - Duration (indicate the duration of stay) VIII.d - Mobility scheme, employment contract, other (describe)
Masaryk University, Faculty of Law Veveří 70, 611 80 Brno, Czech Republic November 16 - December 1, 2015
Tel Aviv University, The Buchmann Faculty of Law Dr George Wise St, Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel September 3 - September 17, 2023 Teacher's exchange program

IX. - Other relevant facts

Date of last update
2026-09-29