Samorządowe kolegia odwoławcze a wyzwania współczesnej administracji. Zagadnienia wybrane
Local Government Appeal Quasi-Courts in the Light of Challenges of Modern Administration. Selected Issues

Summary/Abstract: This research paper concerns the issue of a role of Local Government Appeal Quasi-Courts in fulfilling the challenges arising before the current public administration. It highlights that the appeal courts perfectly fit into the process of decentralization of public authorities, ensuring that the party to the proceedings is guaranteed the professional adjudication of its case. The activity of the Local Government Appeal Quasi-Courts has an effect on creating of positive image of the public administration in the society and is distinguished compared to other public authorities adjudicating in individual cases in the field of public administration. The appeal courts are a part of the public administration structure, which evolves constantly and furthermore, it constantly amends its activities to fit the current reality, in order to fulfill the needs of local community. There are currently many challenges facing the public administration. Such challenges are, in particular, related to: necessity of fulfilling new and often very complicated tasks; the increase of the society’s legal self-awareness and consequently its greater expectations; the tendency towards even greater openness and transparency of public activities; the need for the society to maintain on-going control over the actions of public administration and to influence such actions; the progress of information technology and its common influence over all areas of life, also including the public life. There is an emphasis on necessity of social participation, especially in the local government. The public administration must conduct all possible actions in order to rise to such challenges, subject to being bound by the principle of the rule of law. Without a doubt, the Local Government Appeal Quasi-Courts are able to rise to the challenges arising currently before the public administration, moreover they should be theprecursor of incoming changes.

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