Administrative proceedings WP-PR-POA
Course objectives and goals: The course aims to present the general issues of general administrative and enforcement proceedings, in order to prepare students for the practical application of administrative law at a basic level. The course aims to provide students with an understanding of procedures specific to public administration and the application of the Code of Administrative Procedure. It also aims to familiarize them with the basics of enforcement proceedings in administration.
Course Content:
1. Branches of Administrative Law and Types of Administrative Procedures - 1 hour
2. Scope of the Code of Administrative Procedure (types of proceedings regulated by the Code of Administrative Procedure, subjective and objective scope of jurisdiction, exclusions) - 1 hour
3. General Principles of Administrative Procedure. Their Legal Nature, Discussion of Individual Principles and Their Guarantees - 2 hours
4. Specific Competence of Public Administration Bodies (Competence and Exclusion, Consequences of Violating These Provisions) - 3 hours
5. Parties to Administrative Proceedings and Entities with the Rights of Parties. Concept and Legal Position - 2 hours
6. Initiation of Administrative Proceedings and Deadlines for Resolving Administrative Cases - 1 hour
7. Technical and Procedural Procedures - 2 hours
8. Explanatory Proceedings, Their Principles and Forms - 2 hours
9. Decisions in Administrative Proceedings - 2 hours
10.Verification of decisions and resolutions during the proceedings. Legal nature of appeals, complaints, and requests for reconsideration. Appellate proceedings. Types of decisions - 2 hours.
11. Reopening administrative proceedings. Grounds, procedures, types of decisions, and their effects - 2 hours.
12. Declaring a decision (order) invalid. Grounds, procedures, types of decisions, and their effects - 2 hours.
13. Annulment and amendment of a decision (Articles 154, 155, and 161 of the Code of Administrative Procedure) and declaration of its expiry (Article 162 of the Code of Administrative Procedure) - 2 hours.
14. Basic assumptions of simplified proceedings: regarding the issuance of certificates and the consideration of complaints and motions - 2 hours.
15. Basic issues of enforcement proceedings and administrative enforcement. Scope of enforcement, enforcement measures, legal remedies in administrative enforcement - 4 hours.
(in Polish) Dyscyplina naukowa, do której odnoszą się efekty uczenia się
(in Polish) E-Learning
(in Polish) Grupa przedmiotów ogólnouczenianych
(in Polish) Opis nakładu pracy studenta w ECTS
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Preliminary Requirements
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Learning outcomes
KNOWLEDGE:
1: Knows and understands the procedures applicable to public administration and its control.
2: Characterizes legal regulations regarding general administrative proceedings.
3: Knows and understands the basic institutions of enforcement proceedings.
ECTS Description:
Lecture attendance: 30 hours
Literature reading: 20 hours
Exam preparation: 25 hours
Total hours: 75 hours
ECTS number: 75 hours/25 (1 ECTS point = 25 hours of student work) = 3 ECTS
Assessment criteria
Exam - 100 %
For a grade of "fail" (2) student:
- Does not know or understand the procedures applicable to public administration and its control
- Is unable to characterize legal regulations regarding general administrative proceedings
- Does not know or understand the basic institutions of enforcement proceedings
For a grade of "passable" (3) student:
- Knows the procedures applicable to public administration and its control (lists the procedures and related normative acts)
- Generally correctly characterizes the basic legal regulations regarding general administrative proceedings (e.g., regarding the scope of the Code of Administrative Procedure, rules of procedure, subjects of the proceedings, material and technical activities, individual stages of the proceedings, decisions, fees and costs of the proceedings)
- Characterizes the basic institutions of enforcement proceedings (including the scope of enforcement, rules, subjects of enforcement proceedings, their course, enforcement costs, and security proceedings)
For a grade of 'good' (4) student:
- Demonstrates good knowledge and generally understands the procedures relevant to public administration and its oversight (can list administrative procedures, the normative acts related to them, and describe their legal nature and functions).
- Generally correctly characterizes the basic and more complex legal regulations regarding general administrative proceedings (e.g., regarding the scope of the Code of Administrative Procedure, rules of procedure, subjects of the proceedings, substantive and technical activities, individual stages of the proceedings, decisions, fees and costs of the proceedings, as well as the review of decisions and resolutions in the course of the proceedings and in extraordinary procedures).
- Generally correctly characterizes the institutions of enforcement proceedings (including the scope of enforcement, rules, subjects of enforcement proceedings, their course, enforcement costs, security proceedings, as well as enforcement measures and legal remedies in enforcement proceedings).
Regarding a grade of 'very good' (5) student:
- Demonstrates a very good knowledge and understanding of the procedures relevant to public administration and its oversight (can list procedures, their related normative acts, describe their legal nature and functions, as well as the interdependencies and overlap of procedures).
- Correctly characterizes (basic and more complex) legal regulations in the field of general administrative proceedings (e.g., regarding the scope of the Code of Administrative Procedure, rules of procedure, subjects of the proceedings, substantive and technical activities, individual stages of the proceedings, decisions, fees and costs of the proceedings, as well as verification of decisions and resolutions in the course of the proceedings and in extraordinary procedures).
- Correctly characterizes the institutions of enforcement proceedings (including the scope of enforcement, rules, subjects of enforcement proceedings, their course, enforcement costs, security proceedings, as well as enforcement measures and legal remedies in enforcement proceedings).
Bibliography
Basic bibliography:
M. Wilbrandt-Gotowicz (ed.), Administrative Proceedings – General and Execution, Warsaw 2023
Additional bibliography:
1. M. Wierzbowski, R. Stankiewicz (eds.), Administrative and Administrative Court Proceedings, Warsaw 2024;
2. B. Adamiak, J. Borkowski, Administrative and Administrative Court Proceedings, Warsaw 2024;
3. W. Chróścielewski, P. Dańczak, J.P. Tarno, Administrative Proceedings and Proceedings before Administrative Courts, Warsaw 2025;
4. H. Knysiak-Sudyka (ed.), General Administrative Jurisdictional Proceedings, Warsaw 2021;
5. M. Jaśkowska, A. Wróbel, M. Wilbrandt-Gotowicz, Code of Administrative Procedure. Commentary, Warsaw 2026;
6. Code of Administrative Procedure. Commentary, ed. W. Chróścielewski, A. Krawczyk, Warsaw 2025;
7. T. Jędrzejewski, M. Masternak, P. Rączka, Administrative Enforcement Proceedings, Toruń 2020.
Legal acts:
- Act of June 14, 1960 - Code of Administrative Procedure (consolidated text: Journal of Laws of 2025, item 1691);
- Act of June 17, 1966, on Administrative Enforcement Proceedings (consolidated text: Journal of Laws of 2025, item 132, as amended).
Notes
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