Functioning of Administrative Judiciary in the Context of Economic Changes

The book presets Polish administrative judiciary as part of institutional environment of the economy. Polish administrative judiciary system, tasked with controlling the legality of the public administration activities, took its current form in 2004. It contain 16 first instance courts and the Supreme Administrative Court. Contrary to the ordinary judiciary in Poland, this system is managed by the judge - the President of the SAC – not the Minister of Justice. The book blends multiple approaches – from first-hand historical account of the creation and reforms of the administrative courts system, through quantitative analysis of its performance to the qualitative analysis of the court verdicts trends, including the dialogue of administrative courts with domestic Constitutional Tribunal and the Court of Justice of the European Union. Authors of the chapters include Supreme Administrative Court judges, scholars and practicing lawyers.