A postulate of “good administration” in the Constitution of the Republic of Poland of 2 April 1997

The Constitution of the Republic of Poland of 2 April 1997, similarly as constitutions of some other contemporary states, expresses a postulate of “good administration”. It can be perceived both in the preamble as in many detailed provisions of the fundamental act, regulating particular institutions related to the legal system. The article describes frames of organisation and functioning of good administration determined by the Constitution and adduces opinions of the doctrine on the subject of the notion and features of good administration. A carried out analysis leads to a conclusion that the Legislator expressed the postulate of good administration in a sufficiently unambiguous way, however an unambiguous constitutionalisation of the right to good administration is required.

Postulat „dobrej administracji” w Konstytucji Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej z 2 kwietnia 1997 r.

Konstytucja Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej z 2 kwietnia 1997 r., podobnie jak konstytucje niektórych innych współczesnych państw, wyraża postulat „dobrej administracji”. Odczytać go można zarówno z preambuły, jaki z wielu szczegółowych przepisów ustawy zasadniczej regulujących poszczególne instytucje prawnoustrojowe. Artykuł opisuje wyznaczone przez Konstytucję ramy organizacji i funkcjonowania dobrej administracji oraz przytacza poglądy doktryny na temat pojęcia i cech dobrej administracji. Przeprowadzona analiza prowadzi do wniosku, iż ustrojodawca wystarczająco wyraził postulat dobrej administracji, pożądana jest natomiast jednoznaczna konstytucjonalizacja prawa do dobrej administracji.

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