The article presents, in the matter of practical relationships between territorial self-government units and communal companies, theoretical grounds of the issue. Who are self-government bodies, who is representing them, and especially, what are their competences in case of founding and supervising communal companies. The author explains, how the autonomy of companies featuring the municipal property is developed, including considerations about the activity of their bodies (the assembly of the associates, the supervisory board, the executive) and their powers toward the self-government Executive (Mayor, president) and the Legislature of the municipality (Municipal Council)

Road trafic system in the area of a teritorial self-government – legal basis of constituting and begin in force

The article presents issues related to road traffic organization in the territorial self-government units. The author analyzes such categories as: public roads, road traffic organization, the competences of local government. Considera­tions include an analysis of the practices to determine the rules of the road traf­fic, the fundamental principles of establishing and obeying the local law and the relationships between the self-government bodies: the Executive (Mayor, president) and the Legislature of the municipality (Municipal Council). The foundation of the statements made are the most important acts of law, com­ments of specialists and attitudes of the Supreme Court and administrative courts. The author also relates to the shortcomings in the regulation of this important area of local life.

Normative model for the verification of municipal elections’ validity – analysis based on the jurisprudence

The democratic electoral process implies the existence of mechanisms that verify the elections’ validity. In Poland, competence in this area has been entrusted to the courts. The assessment of the elections’ validity is based on the rules deriving from the binding provisions of law. The purpose of this article is to discuss the claim that the model for verifying the validity of local elections, which is shaped by the normative regulations and the jurisprudence, is characterised by a significant, perhaps excessive, degree of restrictiveness. The rigorous provisions determine the course of interpretation thereof. In practice, it means that the presumption of elections’ validity is enhanced. This analysis of the provisions of law and selected court judgments will allow for the formulation of final conclusions regarding the current model for verification of the municipal elections’ validity.

After the post-communist transition, decentralisation and subsidiarity have become one of Poland's major principles of political organisation. Moreover, especially the original 1990 reform and establishment of self-governing communes are regarded as a success story, not only in improving the quality of governance and public service provision but also in the civil society and citizen participation, as evidenced by the development of modern urban movements. The article explores legal possibilities for further decentralisation of municipalities, analysing the role of ancillary units in regional capitals. Ancillary units in Poland have developed differently in the countryside and urban communes. Relying on publicly available information and data provided by the respective municipal offices, the article describes the ancillary units' statutory role, competencies, and actual activities. The findings enable the assessment of the application of the sublocal decentralisation solution in Polish cities and the identification of its benefits and shortcomings.