The subject of the elaboration is kantianism and Neo-kantianism as a philosophical provenance of intellectual assumptions in the concept of the Grundnorm by Hans Kelsen. In the beginning this text presents an introduction to the research analysis. An important legal issue is the Grundnorm in the structure of legal standards. These reflections are based on eighteenth and nineteenth century philosophies, such as Kant’s metaphysics and Cohen’s formalism. The above arguments are relevant for the science in the concept of the Grundnorm by Hans Kelsen. The text uses foreign literature. The article contains a short summary.

In 1803, the Supreme Court of the U.S. gave a judgment in the case of Marbury v. Madison. The 220th anniversary of this event is a good occasion to describe the Polish model of constitutional review in the context of the American-style model. Although most countries have written constitutions, their constitutional review models can vary significantly. This research study was conducted to illustrate similarities and differences between the American and European models of constitutional review. In the study, the model of constitutional review in the United States and Poland was analysed. The author’s result of analyses of respective provisions of constitution and case-law in these countries presented that there are significant differences between the discussed models with regard to their organisation and functioning