The Competence Tribunal After the Second World War. About the Draft of a Decree of 1947 Cover Image

Trybunał Kompetencyjny po II wojnie światowej. O projekcie dekretu z 1947 r.
The Competence Tribunal After the Second World War. About the Draft of a Decree of 1947

Author(s): Robert Jastrzębski
Subject(s): History of Law, Constitutional Law, Politics and law, Interwar Period (1920 - 1939), WW II and following years (1940 - 1949)
Published by: Wydawnictwo Naukowe Uniwersytetu Marii Curie-Sklodowskiej
Keywords: separation of powers; competence dispute; Competence Tribunal;

Summary/Abstract: The study concerns the issue of adjudication of competence disputes between the executive and judiciary. The notion of the competence dispute is usually associated with the tripartite system of separation of powers, widely adopted by the European constitutionalism. The origins of resolving such disputes by a specialised state body can be traced back to the Napoleonic era and its Council of State. Clearly, solutions adopted in the constitutional law of the Second Republic of Poland are based on those of the Third French Republic. As a result, a separate court, called the Competence Tribunal, was created by means of the Act of 25th November 1925 on the Competence Tribunal. After the Second World War, due to the contemporary judicial practice, an attempt to restore the aforementioned tribunal was made. The draft of a decree of 1947, being an intended amendment to the act of 1925, was the fruit of the labour of the then Ministry of Justice. The draft mainly aimed to adjust the composition of the tribunal to a new political situation which emerged in 1945 in Poland.

  • Issue Year: 25/2016
  • Issue No: 3
  • Page Range: 363-373
  • Page Count: 11
  • Language: Polish