Wpływ samorządów prawniczych na regulacje dostępu do pomocy prawnej w latach 2014-2020
- Institution: Uczelnia Łazarskiego
- ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3161-9397
- Institution: Uczelnia Łazarskiego
- ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3161-9397
- Year of publication: 2022
- Source: Show
- Pages: 201-220
- DOI Address: https://doi.org/10.15804/ppk.2022.02.16
- PDF: ppk/66/ppk6616.pdf
Pressure of the Law Associations in the Process of Law-Making on the Rules of Access to Legal Services in Poland in 2014-2020
The article attempts to assess the lobbying activity of the Polish law associations. The study sought to identify the scale and method of their possible impact on the legislation. The convergence of the public and private interests was assessed in the field of law on legal services and legal aid as enacted in 2014-2020. It was assumed that these interests would be contradictory, which turned out to be false in half of the cases examined. On the other hand, the assumption about the influence of the law associations on the new legislation on legal services was positively verified. The hypothesis stating that their influence is considerable was refuted, as most of the analyzed acts were in line primarily with the common good, and less so with the interests of lawyers. The involvement in the lobbying of the law associations, as well as its effectiveness, turned out to be moderate. In half of the cases, wider access to legal services was associated with a reduction in the privileges of lawyers.