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Recognition of doctrinal competence should be confronted with the practice of its functioning in the regulation of administrative law. In this context, it is now interesting to develop the regulation competence of forest administration. First of all, we are dealing here with a clear backrest competence in the many related concepts synonymous with it. Of course, in terms of the concept of functionality...
The aim of this paper is to evaluate the activities of the Polish public administration in supporting the implementation of the concept of corporate social responsibility (CSR). Critical analysis of EU policy on CSR is used to identify the areas and functions of the state in the implementation of CSR. On this basis good practices of European States (including Poland’s experience) are shown. Despite...
Non-governmental organizations, which according to their statute do not conduct business activities but are involved in protection of the natural environment, may initiate civil proceedings or join with a party during any stage of a case. The aim behind participation of non-governmental organizations is to protect a third-person’s rights. This is how a natural person might be able to get help in claiming...
Although the principle of sustainable development is not a procedural rule it does play an important role in the application of law, and mostly environmental protection law. Thus it could be given a procedural dimension. The principle of sustainable development requires the authority applying legislation first to become aware of a confl ict and then to identify and specify its nature. Further, the...
The main goal of this article is to provide an analysis of legal regulation related to the structure and tasks of The Electrification Office as a first Polish energy authority. The Electrification Office was established on February 7th, 1918, two days before the first meeting of the Polish Parliament after state independence had been restored. It shows how important a role this authority played in...
The subject of this article is the protection of Polish environmental medicinal resources as one of the basic forms of environmental management with the observance of the principle of sustainable development. One of the main aspects of this article is the historical development of medicinal resources especially in the light of the Polish Constitution. Health resorts and health protection have a very...
Nature protection in the form of the Natura 2000 network has undoubtedly had an infl uenced on sustainable development. The author presents some of the problems that can arise when considered in the context of European and Polish regulations, having regard to the functioning of the Natura 2000 sites. Also presented are the advantages and disadvantages of this form of conservation. The content of this...
The aim of this study is to comment on the administrative supervision over private forests in Poland, as well to analyze legal issues concerning this supervision. The role of private forests in Poland is really significant (ca. 19% of Polish forests are private). Unfortunately, in comparison to national forests, the majority of them are neglected. This situation is influenced by many factors including:...
The forests are the part of the environment, which is protected as well as used, on the basis of legal structures in several normative acts with various subjects of regulation and purposes, which, as a result of the use of the standards contained therein, are to be reached in accordance with the will of the legislator. Taking into account this fact, in the considerations set out below, there will...
A need for increased protection of the natural environment obligates the legislator to set out a legal framework for many aspects of human activity. As a consequence, there are many regulations in public law, as well as in private law, which allow to realize pro-ecological policy of the state and self-governing entities. Among all of the laws - tax law occupies an important place in discussions concerning...
The author discusses the problems relating to the remuneration of employees of national parks. The cogitation is focused on the provisions of the supra-corporate collective labour agreement concluded in 2013. In accordance with the provisions of the agreement, the person performing the work in national parks shall be entitled, in addition to the basic salary, to allowances among which are mentioned:...
In the following article the authors present the European Eco-Management and Audit Scheme (EMAS) – an instrument based on voluntary participation which is used to evaluate and improve the effects of a company’s environmental activities as well as to provide society and all interested parties with a reliable source of information in this area. EMAS is a component of a new concept of action which relies...
The authors discuss the concept of “smart cities”, which is one of the modern tools of city parameterization, hitherto used particularly in relation to metropolises of Western civilization. The analysis focuses on the relationship between the essentials of “smart” city management, as identified by the doctrine, and sustainable development, as well as selected legal conditions of applying this concept...
This article is an attempt to depict the private sector against the vision of sustainable development for Polish business in 2050. The author by presenting the key areas described in the vision, points to the correlation between the private sector and the concept of sustainable development and emphasizes that without the introduction of legal instruments for the implementation of the principle of...
The article deals with the issues of ownership reduction for the protection of the environment in the context of sustainable development. To identify the subject, the publication discusses the different concepts of ownership as well as the concept of sustainable development. Next, reference is made to ways to reduce property rights in connection with the protection of the environment on the examples...
Increase of the global population to 9 billion by 2050, as well as the number of middle-class people exceeding 3 billion by 2030, will not only lead to an increase in demand for different types of products, but also can cause enormous environmental degradation. The conferences, which took place in Rio de Janeiro in 1992 and 2012, surely played a huge role in shaping the concept of sustainable development...
The object of this article is analysis of a district governor’s role in the scope of expropriation of real estate, as the body competent within this procedure. Widely understood expropriation may be favourable to the principle of sustainable development, but, on the other hand, may frequently cause confl ict of interests. The district governor’s task is therefore to mitigate such confl ict by means...
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