Administrative and Legal Conditions of the Interference of the Public Service in the use of Religious Monuments of the Catholic Church listed in ... Cover Image

Administracyjnoprawne warunki ingerencji administracji publicznej w sposób korzystania z obiektów sakralnych Kościoła katolickiego wpisanych do ...
Administrative and Legal Conditions of the Interference of the Public Service in the use of Religious Monuments of the Catholic Church listed in ...

Author(s): Tomasz Sienkiewicz
Subject(s): Law, Constitution, Jurisprudence
Published by: Katolicki Uniwersytet Lubelski Jana Pawła II - Wydział Prawa, Prawa Kanonicznego i Administracji
Keywords: historical monument; Register of Historical Monuments; public service; religious monuments; church - state relations (Poland); Churches and Religious Association; Catholic Church

Summary/Abstract: A good cooperation between the historical monuments protection authority and the Catholic Church, aimed at preserving historical religious monuments for future generations, is a token of gratitude to our ancestors for our culture rooted in the Christian heritage of the Nation and in universal human values, as referred to in the Preamble to the Constitution of the Republic of Poland. The most significant defects of law on historical monuments protection, which make it difficult to achieve this goal, is the underdetermined margin of decision which is a result, inter alia, of an open list of permits, which in turn results in apparent determination of an obligation. A large number of general clauses strengthens the position of the historical monuments protection authority with regard to the entity subordinate in the administrative and legal relations, which may lead to the abuse of power. There are no directly determined specific criteria of assessment of the actual status related to the issue of or refusal to issue a permit, which for the obliged entity in the administrative and legal relations may result in the loss of legal certainty in exercising its rights.

  • Issue Year: 2013
  • Issue No: 16
  • Page Range: 301-333
  • Page Count: 34
  • Language: Polish