Administration history up to the first half of XVIII century WP-AD-HAw1

The history of administration – theoretical and methodological issues. The genesis of administrative research. Definition of the concept of “administration”. The principles of modern administration. The political system of the 18th-century Republic compared with the political systems of the neighbouring countries (Enlightenment absolutist states). The postulates of political reform – political writing.
The formation of modern administration during the Stanisław period. The reforms of the Convocation Sejm of 1764. The Partition Sejm of 1773-1775. Lawmaking of the 4-Year Sejm, with particular focus on the Government Act of May 3rd 1791. The overthrow of the Great Sejm – the Grodno Sejm and the return to older political systems. The Insurrrection leadership (1794).
Administration in the Polish lands in the post-Partition period (1795-1918). The Constitutional Act of the Duchy of Warsaw (1807). The Free City of Gdańsk. The Constitutional Act of the Polish Congress Kingdom (1815). Changes in the Constitutional Act of the Kingdom during the November Insurrection. Insurrection leadership. The Organic Statute and the new organisation of the Kingdom (1832). Leadership of the January Insurrection. The administration of the Free City of Kraków (1815-1846). Galician autonomy (from 1861). The National Statute. Governmental and regional administration in Galicia. The Pupils’ Council. The administration of the Grand Duchy of Poznań (from 1815).
The rebirth of the Polish state during the First World War. The Two Emperors’ Declaration. The Temporary National Committee. The Regency Council. The National Committee. Centres of power in the Polish lands in autumn 1918.
The administration of the 2nd Republic (1918-1939). The period of the Provisional Government (1918-1922). The Small Constitution. The March Constitution. The August Novelization. The April Constitution.
The outbreak of the Second World War. Polish lands under German and Soviet occupation. The process of recreating Polish authorities in exile.
The organisation of the administration in People’s Poland. Administration in the Polish lands during the Communist takeover (1944-1947). The constitutional political system of 1947-1952. The Little Constitution of 1947. The Constitution of the Polish Peoples’ Republic (1952). Territorial administration. The return of regional self-government at the level of the municipality (1990).
The control of administration. The concepts and range of control of the administration. The development of administrative judicature (19th-20th centuries). French, German and Austrian models. The Supreme Administrative Tribunal. Control of the administration in post-war Poland. The Supreme Administrative Court.

The main book: (1. W. Witkowski, Historia administracji w Polsce 1764-1989, Warszawa 2007)

Complementary books: (1. W.Ćwik, W. Mróz, A. Witkowski, Administracja w systemie ustrojowym Polski do 1939 r., wyd. II, Przemyśl 1998; 2. D. Janicka, Ustrój administracji nowożytnej w Europie. Zarys wykładu, Toruń 2002; 3. M. Kallas, I. Lipowicz, Z. Niewiadomski, G. Szpor, Prawo administracyjne: część ustrojowa, Warszawa 2002 (odpowiednie rozdziały); 4. Konstytucje Polski, t. 1-2, red. M. Kallas, Warszawa 1990; 5. A. Ajnenkiel, Konstytucje Polski w rozwoju dziejowym 1791-1997, Warszawa 2001; 6. T. Maciejewski, Historia administracji, Warszawa 2002; 7. J. Malec, Polska myśl administracyjna XVIII wieku, Kraków 1986; 8. J. Malec, D. Malec, Historia administracji nowożytnej, Kraków 1998; 9. J. Malec, D. Malec, Historia administracji i myśli administracyjnej, Kraków 2000)

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