ISTOTA PODMIOTÓW PRAWA PUBLICZNEGO
THE ESSENCE OF THE PUBLIC LAW ENTITIES

Summary/Abstract: Public law entities play a significant role in a democratic legal state and its publicadministration system. They enable the active participation of an individual in the exercise ofpublic authority and involvement in public affairs. They help to build a civil society andprotect against the phenomenon of a crisis of democracy. Above all, however, they serve toprotect human dignity as a source of freedom and human and civil rights. For this reason, theissue of determining their essence is important. It is not easy because it has undergone ametamorphosis over time and it is not one category.This article presents considerations regarding the essence of public law entities. It pointed tothe necessity of: possession of public rights by entities; recognition of their public-lawsubjectivity; granting them public authority; owning own cases carried out independently;being subject to state supervision.

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