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Doc. JUDr. Jan Kysela, Ph.D. (* 15 September, 1974) is a Czech scholar of constitutional law specialised in theories of state and politology. He is currently docent of politology at Charles University Faculty of Law, where he is leading the Department of Politology and Sociology (since 2011).

Life and education
Jan Kysela was born in 1974 in Prague, the Czech Republic. He studied at Charles University Faculty of Law, where he was a student of Professor Jiří Přibáň and other inspiring Czech scholars. He graduated in 1998 with a thesis called 'On the problematics of right of revolution and civil disobedience', which he would later serve as a base for his book book 'Right of revolution and civil disobedience'. He continued with his postgraduate studies and obtained JUDr. (theory of Law, 2000) and finally Ph.D. (theory, philosophy and sociology of law, 2001).

Academic Career
Kysela started teaching in 2001 as a Research assistant (odborný asistent). In his habilitation thesis he provided for deep theoretical examination of bicameral systems. His knowledge flows greatly from his experience as a Secretary of the Standing Commission on the Constitution and Parliamentary Procedures of the Czech Senate (since 1998). In the following years, he participated several times in legal scientific research, first as a researcher, then as the leading scholar. Even though his main field of interest is constitutional law, he also teaches politology and legal philosophy.

Personal life
He is married and has two children.

Articles

 * Presidential Elements in Government: The Czech Republic (together with Zdeněk Kühn). European Constitutional Law Review, 2007, No 1, pp. 91-113.
 * The Substitution of Legislative Power in Czechoslovak Parliaments 1918–1992. Parliaments, Estates & Representation, vol. 26, 2006, pp. 171-186.
 * Nomination of Constitutional Justices in Post-communist Countries: Trial, Error, Conflict in the Czech Republic (společně se Zdeňkem Kühnem). European Constitutional Law Review, 2006, č. 2, pp. 183-208.
 * Narrow Gate? The Process of Entering International and EU Agreements into the Constitutional Order of an EU Member State: the Example of the Czech Republic (together with Pavel Ondřejek and Jana Ondřejková). Croatian Yearbook of European Law and Policy, vol. 7, 2011, pp. 225-259.
 * Élection du président au suffrage direct en République tchèque. Beaucoup de paroles, peu d’arguments (together with Michal Kubát). Est Europa – Revue ďetudes politiques et constitutionnelles, 2013, pp. 231-245.
 * Substitution of legislative power of Czechoslovak parliaments in the years 1918-1992. Kapitoly z dějin stavovského a parlamentního zřízení. Praha: Eurolex Bohemia, 2004., pp. 117-147.
 * Bicameralism in the Czech Republic: Reasons, Functions, Perspectives. In: Luther, J., Passaglia, P., Tarchi, R. (eds.): A World of Second Chambers. Handbook for Constitutional Studies on Bicameralism. Milano: Giuffré Editore, 2006, pp. 1003-1034.