Administrative agreement (outline of the issue in the polish legal system)

Abstract

There is no general regulation in the Polish legal system that would specify the rules for executing administrative contracts. What is more, a number of legal acts offer solutions that do not fit the formula of ‘traditional’ forms of contracts under administrative law and civil law. When it comes to activities that require cooperation of a public administration body with entities outside the administration, the above-mentioned forms of action are often referred to as administrative agreements. Therefore, this study attempts to determine the basic properties of an administrative agreement, with a particular emphasis on the juxtaposition of its features with its civil law counterpart.