President and constitutional legislation in the Polish political tradition

The article discusses prerogatives and activity of the President of the Republic of Poland with respect to constitutional legislation. The first part of the paper deals with regulations which refer to the head of state’s participation in the constitutional legislation during the inter-war period. The second part of the article analyses legal provisions concerning that issue, which were enforced in 1947–1952 and 1989–1997. The third part contains a description of the President’s role in the procedure of amending the Constitution stipulated in art. 235, para. 1 of the Constitution of the Republic of Poland of 1997 and the application of that procedure in practice so far. The fourth part is the summary of this paper.