Public official's liability: a case study on Poland
- International Review of Administrative Sciences
- 86(1), Mar, 2020: p.169-182
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 subjective and objective scope of the said responsibility.- Reproduced
Administration, Administrative law, Civil servant, Ethics, Public official, Transparency, Violation of the law