Public officials’ liability: a case study on Poland
| Author | Dawid Chaba |
| Date | 01 March 2020 |
| DOI | 10.1177/0020852318758366 |
| Published date | 01 March 2020 |
| Subject Matter | Articles |
Article
International
Review of
Administrative
Sciences
Public officials’ liability:
a case study on Poland
Dawid Chaba
Jagiellonian University, Poland
Abstract
Performing the role of a public official entails the necessity of accepting a certain
responsibility. This results from the fact that officials handle various tasks of great
significance to both the state and its citizens. The duties should be carried out in a
professional, upright and lawful manner. Otherwise, it is essential to hold public officials
responsible and bring them to justice. This article will focus on the basic issues
concerning one particular type of responsibility, which is a financial liability for a serious
breach of the law. A particular emphasis will be put on the specification of the subjec-
tive and objective scope of the said responsibility.
Points for practitioners
The research provides public administration practitioners with a comprehensive under-
standing of issues related to the liability of administration employees for serious
breaches of the law. Officials should be aware that the tasks they perform should
be carried out thoroughly and in accordance with the law due to their significance
to the state and citizens. Otherwise, it is necessary to hold officials accountable and
liable. The article demonstrates how the regulations are practically implemented in the
Polish legal system, whether officials are held liable and various relevant issues.
Keywords
administration, administrative law, civil servant, ethics, public official, transparency, vio-
lation of the law
Corresponding author:
Dawid Chaba, Jagiellonian University, Faculty of Law and Administration, Department of Law of Territorial
Self-Government, Bracka 12, Krakow, 31-007, Poland.
Email: dawid.chaba@doctoral.uj.edu.pl
International Review of Administrative
Sciences
2020, Vol. 86(1) 169–182
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