DOSTĘP PRASY DO INFORMACJI PUBLICZNEJ W ŚWIETLE ORZECZNICTWA SĄDÓW ADMINISTRACYJNYCH
PRESS ACCESS TO PUBLIC INFORMATION IN THE LIGHT OF ADMINISTRATIVE COURTS’ CASE LAW

Summary/Abstract: The article deals with the issue of the press’s access to public information. It presents a thesisthat the press’s access to public information, compared to the general rules applicable toordinary citizens, has been limited by additional non-statutory formal requirements. This thesis is justified by numerous judgements of administrative courts on the disclosure ofpublic information. This occurred primarily as a result of changes in the interpretation of theregulations that have been in force for years and their application by administrative courts,and partly as a result of changes in the regulatory environment. Therefore, it is postulated thatthe journalistic right to information is strengthened and the function and mission of the pressare taken into account in order to actualise citizens’ rights to reliable information, openness ofpublic life and social control and criticism. The article uses the method of dogmatic and legalanalysis and the analysis of Polish administrative courts’ case law.

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