Istota i znaczenie działalności Krajowej Rady Sądownictwa
The nature and the meaning of the activities of the National Council of the Judiciary

Summary/Abstract: In the article The nature and the meaning of the activities of National Council of the Judiciary we find a historic view leading to creating of this institution.The council arises as result of the reconstruction of the system in Poland and becomes a constitutional body which stands on the guard of the independence of courts and independence of judges. We find a description of the organizational structure of the institution. The Council consists of the persons fulfilling highest functions in judicial institutions nominated by the President of Poland and the group of the outstanding judges appointed in the way of the election.The competences of the Council concern the important and delicate matter of the judging. Therefore the first group of the competences of the Council refers to undertaking actions in relation to judges and candidates on judges. The second group of the competences was determined in laws and concerns undertaking of resolutions, investigating of motions and presenting of candidates on other important posts in State-institutions related to the judicial power. The National Council of the Judiciary in the matter of the own organization has the total autonomy and through this has an independent position in the political system of the state. This rule expresses herself mainly in exclusive appointing of various internal commissions. Council committees are teams of council members which are her internal organizational units of the auxiliary character, enabling the effective exercise of constitutional and statutory tasks of the Council.

• Details
• Contents