Aksjologiczny wymiar Konstytucji Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej
The axiological dimension of the Constitution of the Republic of Poland

Summary/Abstract: This paper is an attempt to show the axiological dimension of the currently bindingbasic law, i.e. the Constitution of the Republic of Poland of 1997. The text of theconstitution is a carrier of the values important to Poles, and it is predisposed to this byits specific content, a superior position in the hierarchy of normative acts and a highsocial authority. The information about the most important values is already providedby the constitutional introduction (preamble) – it includes the most important values ofthe entire community of the state expressis verbis. In terms of values, the author tries toread and interpret the general principles of the constitution (the constitutional principlesof law) and the chapter on the freedoms and rights of persons and citizens.The basic principles of the Constitution of the Republic of Poland are: the principleof a democratic state ruled by law and the tripartite separation of powers, and thepriority value is man, his freedom and dignity, as well as the common good of allcitizens. These values result from the adopted concept of a democratic state of law.

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