Administrative Appeals in the System of Administrative Justice in the Church Cover Image

Rekursy administracyjne w systemie sprawiedliwości administracyjnej w Kościele
Administrative Appeals in the System of Administrative Justice in the Church

Author(s): Marcin Bałdyga
Subject(s): Christian Theology and Religion, Canon Law / Church Law
Published by: Wydawnictwo Naukowe Uniwersytetu Papieskiego Jana Pawła II w Krakowie
Keywords: administrative justice; the Church; administrative appeals; principle of legality;

Summary/Abstract: Administrative justice in the Church is overall legislative measures thanks to which the faithful may request actions from the administrative authority of the Church in accordance with the law and in a broad sense of justice. It reflects the fundamental rights of defence that have all the faithful and which flows from their dignity and a specific position in the Church. Through the principle of legality of the church legislature indicates that the Church executive authorities are responsible for issuing decisions and regulating specific administrative acts in accordance with standards of canon law that should be understood as set of rules situated in laws and other legal acts respectively classified both of a purely human and divine origin. In the system of ecclesiastical administrative law the faithful have a wide range of legal means to protect the rights owed to them. By way of starting with reconciliation measures, aim of which is to take measures to avoid the administrative dispute, the forms which have their justification by the way of dispute, enabling investigation of one’s own rights in court or administrative forum.

  • Issue Year: 36/2017
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 119-137
  • Page Count: 19
  • Language: Polish