PRESS ACCESS TO PUBLIC INFORMATION IN THE LIGHT OF ADMINISTRATIVE COURTS’ CASE LAW
PRESS ACCESS TO PUBLIC INFORMATION IN THE LIGHT OF ADMINISTRATIVE COURTS’ CASE LAW

Summary/Abstract: This article deals with the issue of press access to public information. It presents the thesisthat press access to public information, in comparison to the general rules applicable toordinary citizens, has been limited by additional non-statutory formal requirements. Thisthesis is supported by numerous judgments of administrative courts regarding the disclosureof public information. This limitation primarily resulted from changes in the interpretation ofregulations that have been in force for years and their application by administrative courtsand, in part, from changes in the regulatory environment. Therefore, it is postulated that thejournalistic right to information should be strengthened, and the function and mission of thepress should be recognised to actualise citizens’ rights to reliable information, openness ofpublic life, and social control and criticism. The article employs the dogmatic and legal analysismethod and an analysis of Polish administrative courts’ case law.

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