Extraordinary Complaint as an Instrument for Controlling the Compliance of Final Judgments with Art. 2 of the Constitution of Poland

The Supreme Court is responsible for administering justice through extraordinary control of final court judgments in order to ensure their compliance with art. 2 of the Polish Constitution. In this paper, the research hypothesis is the significance of the functioning of an extraordinary complaint due to the principle of a democratic state ruled by law that it affirms. The research hypothesis was verified by the method of analyzing the functioning of an extraordinary complaint. Considerations on the basis of the judgment of the Supreme Court of May 8, 2019, file ref. no. I NSNc 2/19 allowed to confirm the hypothesis and to draw a conclusion that the protection afforded by the presented control measure is an important instrument for supporting effective administration of justice, and the presented task of the Supreme Court concerning the compliance of judgments with Art. 2 of the Constitution is an important and necessary competence.