Michał Gałędek, Ph.D. (2010), Professor of University of Gdańsk, Head of the Department of Legal History, Faculty of Law and Administration. In his research he focuses on the Polish administration, judiciary, codification, constitutionalism, and political thought at the beginning of 19th century and in the interwar period.

• Introduction1 Concept of Administrative Thought2 Public Administration3 Construction of the Work4 Methodology5 Source Basis of and Literature1 Administration and Administrative Thought in the Late 18th and Early 19th Centuries261 The Specificity of the Administrative System under the Reign of Stanisław August Poniatowski2 Determinants of Administrative Development in Early 19th-century Europe3 Controversies Around the Administrative System of the Duchy of Warsaw4 Administrative Concepts in the Lithuanian Constitutional Drafts of 1811 and 18122 The Course of Works on the Preparation of Administrative System Reforms1 Summer Breakthrough of 1814: establishment of the Civil Reform Committee and the Drafting of Constitutional Principles for the Kingdom of Poland2 The Course of Works in the Civil Reform Committee (1814–1815)3 Works on the Provisional Organization of Central Administration in 18154 New Plan of Works on Administration for the Second Half of 18155 Works on the Constitution and on Organic Statutes3 The Central Government1 The Principle of Monarchical Sovereignty and the Polish Political Situation in the Years 1814 to 18152 The Principle of Monarchical Sovereignty in the Course of Works on the Constitution3 Ministerial Accountability in the Course of Works on the Constitution4 Influence of the Seym (sejm) on the Executive Power5 Namiestnik or a Collegial Government? The Problem of the Royal Deputy6Council of State4 Ministries1 Collegiality and One-man Management2 Organization of Ministries3 Ministry of Education4 Ministry of War5 Ministry of Justice5 Territorial Administration1 Points of Reference and Inspirations2 Collegiality3 Scope of Operations4 Influence of Voivodeship Councils on the Administration5 District Administration6 Municipal Administration7 Rural Administration6 Attitude Towards Bureaucrats1 Foundations of the Republican Traditionalist Concept2 The Moderate Concept of Maintaining BureaucracyConclusions 1 Summary of the Course of Works on the Administrative System2 “Enlightened Liberalism” and the Issue of the Unity of Political and Administrative Thought3 A Summary Evaluation of the Concepts of Administrative System ReformsSources1 Archival Sources (Manuscripts)2 Printed SourcesLiteratureIndex