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Administrative Reforms in France: the Methods and ChallengesIn France, the notion of an administrative reform has kept returning since the Enlightenment. The French administration assumed its modern guise after the 1789 in response to the more or less excessive criticism of the shortcomings of the Ancien Régime. Following the Napoleonian maxim, those ”granite boulders” were thrown onto French soil...
One of the side eects of the American 1979 recession-triggered replacement of Keynesian Economics by Monetarism of the Milton Friedman Chicago School of Economics was the replacement of managing engineers by administrators in technology organizations, construction and projects.In that role reversal, costs invariably started to go up with growing administration preoccupied with numbers and dates, and...
Recent years have been marked with variations in the hierarchy and acceptance of post-materialist values in the regional environment of the Czech Republic. In particular, difficult areas in the Moravian-Silesian region still exist. The loss of primary public pressure on environmental protection or companies’ compliance with the requirements of corporate social responsibility was demonstrated somehow...
One of the elementary conditions of democratic society includes, among others, an active and powerful civil society which acts as an intermediary between the state and citizens. Moreover, the functioning and effective civil society represents the way to influence the public governance. The aim of the article is to research the scope of the relationship between civil society and public governance in...
Customs Administration as Part of the Structure of Public Administration after Poland’s Accession to the European UnionPoland’s accession to the European Union has generated a number of challenges related to the adjustment of the state customs administration to EU standards. Poland faced the task of improving the functioning of its Customs Administration, which was particularly important due to the...
The contribution is focused on one of the most fundamental ethical values and principles applied in public administration environment – responsibility and personal accountability of public officials and administrators, who have to be liable and answerable for their deeds and actions towards certain community, regional or local, and towards general public as well. The introductory part deals with the...
The Europeanisation of National Public Administrations as Exemplified by the Polish European Affairs Coordination ModelThe aim of this article is to analyse the Europeanisation of Polish administration and law, politics, economy, culture and society. The process of Europeanisation has been in progress since the 1990s. Poland’s EU membership affects the structure of administrative bodies as well as...
Administration of Polish Communes and the Current Challenges of Europeanisation and ModernisationIn Polish local government units the process of Europeisation has entailed the modernisation of local communities. In local Poland, Europeisation includes such areas of cooperation with the EU as: partner towns, trans-borderrelations (Euroregions), use of EU funds, and the activation o communities at the...
Local Government in Poland Before and After its Accession to the European Union. The Use of EU Funds by Local Government Units as Exemplified by Podkarpackie VoivodeshipThe local government has been part of the Polish political system since 1990. The key moments in the transformation of the organisation in the country were the adoption in 1999 of a three-tier territorial division in 1999 and the entrance...
The Cost-Eectiveness of Local Government in Poland’s Health Policy Against the Background of the Current Health Situation in the EUAt the beginning of this article the genesis of public health is presented, both in the Polish and European context. Then the current health situation of Polish society is assessed in comparison with other European Union citizens, on the basis of one subjective indicator...
The Integrated Permit as an Example of Europeanised Regulated Use of the Environment (General Considerations)This paper offers an analysis of the material-legal impact of EU law on the legal forms of control of the use of the environment. As first, some basic notions are presented related to the provision of a permit for operations likely to have negative environmental effects, then the analysis focuses...
The Implementation of the EU Legislative Package Concerning ADR and ODR in Consumer Disputes into the Polish Legal OrderThe present article aims to discuss the objectives of Directive 2013/11/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 May 2013 on alternative dispute resolution for consumer disputes and amending Regulation (EC) No 2006/2004 and Directive 2009/22/EC (Directive on consumer...
Modernisation Challenges of the Polish Civil ServiceThe main objective of this article is to identify and characterise the main – according to the author – modernisation challenges that the civil service in Poland is facing. Considerations and proposals arise from the analysis of the existing legal standards and operational practices of the Polish civil service, including as well conclusions derived...
The duty to give reasons is generally thought of as an indispensable procedural guarantee that is offered to citizens in all modern European administrative law systems. The comparative analysis carried out in this article, however, reveals that important differences continue to exist between the way in which various legal systems within Europe conceive of that duty. The article furthermore argues...
This contribution aims to provide a first exploratory analysis of the criteria that must be taken into account by national authorities when considering the proportionality of public order measures restricting the individual's fundamental right to freedom of movement, such as area-based restrictions. The content of the proportionality principle as regards area-based restrictions is not always clear,...
Legal Aspects of Lobbying in Decision-Making Processes of Public AdministrationThe process of decision-making in public administration is multifaceted, with the deci-sion being the result of complex proceedings aimed to settle a case or reach a specific goal. Public administration works in this area mainly in the legał environment, but not only. The decision-making process is determined by social...
The Complaint-Filing Right in Administrative Court Proceedings as an Aspect Influencing Decision-Making Eficiency in Public AdministrationAn overall assessment of the current system of the authorisation to file a complaint have led to the conclusion that a sheer number of regulations and the level of their complexity prevent it from being transparent enough to support eficiency in public administration...
Resolution of Civil-Law Disputes by Means of the Administrative Decision of the President of the Energy Regulatory OfficeThe purpose of this article is to present the process of resohdng civil-law disputes by the President of the Energy Regulatory Office by means of an administrative decision under the Energy Law Act. In accordance with the provisions of Article 8(1) of the Energy Law Act, The President...
Amending and Repealing of Administrative Acts Issued by EU Institutions: Theoretical and Normative ModelsThe article aims to compare the theoretical and normative models of amending or repealing of acts issued by EU administrative bodies. EU written law lacks universal principles governing the issue. On the one hand, it is regulated by the rules stemming from relevant case law of the Court of Justice...
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