In search of justifications for the centralization of power. Outline of the problem of the evolution of local government thought in the Second Polish Republic

• Main Author: Jacek Wałdoch
• Format: Article
• Language: deu
• Published: The Pontifical University of John Paul II in Krakow 2018-06-01
• Series: Folia Historica Cracoviensia
• Subjects: local government; supervision; legal doctrine
• Online Access: http://czasopisma.upjp2.edu.pl/foliahistoricacracoviensia/article/view/3313/3327

The issue of local government was an important subject of consideration for scientists and political activists in the interwar period. In their vision of independent Poland, local government played a special role and was understood as an element of regained freedom. There was an idea of a strong local government, which was to carry out tasks in the field of economy, culture and education. The idea of broad local government found its place even in the 1921 constitution. However, reality differed from idealistic assumptions, and political solutions were moving towards centralization. Initially, the pushed idea gave way to the concept of state local government, treating it as an element of general administration. This justified the use of radical legal solutions to take over the power in local administration. This solution was strongly opposed to by local governments and a dispute arose in the doctrine of law, which focused on the relationship between the state and the local government.