TY - JOUR
TI - Legitimisation of power in Poland
AU - Mistygacz, Michał
AU - Słomka, Tomasz
TI - Legitimisation of power in Poland
AB - 
	
		The article concerns the dilemmas of legitimising power in Poland, based both on the contemporary achievements of theoreticians and on a discussion of the realities of the political system in Poland. The analysis focuses on the assumption that, on the one hand, the legitimation of power is its recognition as legal, operating on the basis of applicable legal norms, and on the other, the recognition that a specific power has social grounds for having the rule. The legitimacy of power in Poland is based on the authoritarian experiences before 1989, the democratic transformation, and the crisis of constitutional democracy after 2015. The discussion is based on a reference to Montesquieu’s division of powers and an analysis of the legitimacy of the legislature, the executive, and the judiciary.

VL - 2022
IS - Issue 1 (2022)
PY - 2022
SN - 2544-2031
C1 - 2956-3623
SP - 69
EP - 94
DO - 10.4467/25442031PKO.22.003.15729
UR - https://ejournals.eu/en/journal/przeglad-konstytucyjny/article/legitimisation-of-power-in-poland
KW - power
KW - legitimacy of power
KW - constitution
KW - crisis of democracy
KW - legislative power
KW - executive power
KW - judicial power