Problem kontroli konstytucyjności ustaw przez sądy
The Constitutional Control of Laws by Public Courts and the Supreme Court

Summary/Abstract: The constitutional control of laws by public courts and the Supreme Court is an issue to be discussed especially in terms of the doctrine and judicial decisions in judiciary independence and the principle of the direct use of the Constitution. It is also important to analyse this problem from the perspective of regulations describing legal questions addressed to the Constitutional Tribunal. The acceptable is position which obliged the public courts to address the legal questions to the Constitutional Tribunal where statutes do not accord with the constitution. De lege ferenda is necessary in proposing modification of the content of art. 193 of the Constitution by changing the word “can” to a regulation describing the clear obligation of public courts to present a question of law to the Constitutional Tribunal as to the conformity of a normative act with the constitution, ratified international agreements or statute if the answer to the question of law will decide the case pending before the court.

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