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Sądownictwo administracyjne jako gwarant ochrony przed autorytaryzmem
Administrative Judiciary as a Guarantor of Protection against Authoritarianism

Author(s): Dorota Dąbek, Paweł Dąbek
Subject(s): Administrative Law
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Wrocławskiego
Keywords: administrative judiciary; Supreme Administrative Court; Supreme Administrative Tribunal; authoritarianism; democratic state ruled by law; jurisdiction of administrative courts

Summary/Abstract: The subject of the article is to indicate and analyze the competences of administrative courts to prevent authoritarianism and totalitarianism. Against the background of general remarks on the essence and characteristics of power, the issue of the scope of judicial cognition in relation to administrative acts of applying the law, administrative acts of law-making and control of the independence of self-government, as well as creative interpretation aimed at ensuring the substantive rule of law, is considered. The role of administrative courts in counteracting authoritarianism and totalitarianism is illustrated with examples from history, in particular Nazi Germany and the socialist state.

  • Issue Year: 47/2025
  • Issue No: 3
  • Page Range: 43-57
  • Page Count: 15
  • Language: Polish
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