The article presents the working assumptions and methodology of carrying out a constitutional survey. The survey concerned legal assessment of the norms of the current Constitution and its practical application. Some questions also referred to the need to amend the Constitution and possible directions of the substantive adjustment of its provisions. The survey covered representatives of the science of constitutional law from all over Poland and had exclusively scientific objectives, in particular was not aimed at supporting any political legislative initiatives or pending legislative efforts. The article presents statistics of responses to individual questions of the survey commented briefly by the authors. It discusses inter alia the adequacy and effectiveness of the principle of separation and balancing of powers, regulations concerning constitutional responsibility, advantages and disadvantages of the current Constitution as well as the purposefulness of introducing unamendable provisions therein.

The article presents the working assumptions and methodology of carrying out a constitutional survey. The survey concerned legal assessment of the norms of the current Constitution and its practical application. Some questions also referred to the need to amend the Constitution and possible directions of the substantive adjustment of its provisions. The survey covered representatives of the science of constitutional law from all over Poland and had exclusively scientific objectives, in particular was not aimed at supporting any political legislative initiatives or pending legislative efforts. The article presents statistics of responses to individual questions of the survey commented briefly by the authors. It discusses inter alia the adequacy and effectiveness of the principle of separation and balancing of powers, regulations concerning constitutional responsibility, advantages and disadvantages of the current Constitution as well as the purposefulness of introducing unamendable provisions therein.