This book contains a fundamental compendium of knowledge of the most important Polish administrative law institutions. The concept for its construction and the outline of its contents were created while the author was teaching at Warsaw University. It fulfills the requirement for the plain transmission of legal content for audiences other than Polish law students. The main aim of the book is to acquaint English-speaking students with the basic institutions of Polish political (organizational) administrative law.

Contents
List of abbreviations Preface Foreword Author's note American Journal Experts Editorial Certification PART I Basic Definitions in Polish Administrative Law and Juristic
Doctrine
Chapter 1 Polish Public Administration
1.1 The term 'Administration'
1.2 Features and functions of public administration
1.3 Classification of public administration in reference
to its function
Chapter 2 Administrative Law and Its Position in the Polish System
of Law
2.1 The definition of 'law' - a theoretical approach
2.2 Administrative law and its position in the system of law
2.3 Features of administrative law
2.4 Systematics of administrative law
2.5 Division of administrative law based on types of norms
2.6 Other divisions of administrative law
2.7 Administrative law and other branches of law
2.8 Administrative sanction
Chapter 3 Selected Theoretical Institutions of Administrative Law
3.1 Administrative legal situation
3.2 Administrative legal relationship (legal relations between
entities)
Contents
3.3 Administrative power
3.4 Public domain and property
3.5 Administrative discretionary power
3.6 Selected principles of administrative law
Chapter 4 Sources of Administrative Law
4.1 General remarks
4.2 Normative acts (laws and other norm-setting acts)
PART II System of Administrative Authorities
Chapter 5 Authorities and the Basic Institutions of Politico-Organizational
Administrative Law
5.1 General remarks
5.2 The territorial division of Poland
5.3 The concepts of 'public body', office and legal competence
5.4 Classification of public administration bodies
5.5 Rules of dependency concerning the structure of public
bodies
Chapter 6 Structure of Executive Public Administration
6.1 Central administration
6.2 Territorial-governmental state administration
6.3 Local Government
6.4 Professional and other special associations
6.5 Other entities perfoming public tasks and functions
6.7 Employees of the State administration and the civil service
PART III Some Preliminary Information on Administrative Acts
and Other Activities of Administrative Authorities
Chapter 7 General Remarks on Legal Forms of Public Administration
Activity
7.1 General remarks
7.2 Detailed division of the legal forms of public administration
activity
Contents
Chapter 8 Administrative Act - Selected Problems
8.1 General remarks
8.2 Exemplary forms of administrative acts
8.3 Other legal forms of administration activity
Chapter 9 Inspection and Supervision as Forms of Controlling Activity
in Public administration
9.1 General remarks
9.2 The term and aim of inspection
9.3 The definition of supervision
9.4 Public bodies that execute controlling functions in Poland
Short Polish-English dictionary of the words phrases proposed in
the book
Index
Literature 159