Analysis of Local Government Appeal Boards’ Activity in Poland in the Years 2012–2015 Cover Image

Analiza działalności samorządowych kolegiów odwoławczych w Polsce w latach 2012–2015
Analysis of Local Government Appeal Boards’ Activity in Poland in the Years 2012–2015

Author(s): Karol Król, Krzysztof Gawroński
Subject(s): Politics, Public Administration, Public Law
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego
Keywords: public administration; Local Government Boards of Appeals; administrative proceedings

Summary/Abstract: Local Government Boards of Appeals are bodies of higher instance as compared to agencies of territorial government units unless the specific acts legislate otherwise. The Boards are a specific guarantor of citizens rights protection and also rights for good administration. The aim of the paper is to analyse the activity of Local Government Boards of Appeals in Poland in the years 2012–2015. The method of descriptive and logical analysis was used in the paper. Annual reports of the activity of every Local Government Board of Appeals in Poland in the years 2012-2015 made up the starting material. In conclusion of performed surveys, the authors stated among others that in the examined period fluctuations of the number of cases coming into the Boards of Appeals were observed and the performed analysis allows to predict in the following years the number of submitted cases at the level of about 200,000. Moreover, in view of great amount of cases examined by Local Government Boards of Appeals in Poland, their financial support as well as employment increase are advisable.

  • Issue Year: 38/2017
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 219-231
  • Page Count: 13
  • Language: Polish