Ratio legis est anima legis and the need to exist and strengthen the state conservation service in Poland

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Piotr Dobosz

piotr.dobosz@uj.edu.pl

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5220-9269

Abstract

This article focuses on the Latin legal maxim read as „ratio legis est anima legis.” It needs to be emphasised that, unless they are well-considered, no approval will be granted to acts which are invalid from legal and formal perspective or under which legally incorrect substantive solutions are to come into force.
The author of this article claims that Polish central government may prove useful in the field of protecting historic monuments and sites. Furthermore, the article also explores experiences through which the German government went in the areas pertaining to constitutional law and organisation of German (federal and lance) historic preservation administration.
In the conclusion, the author summarizes his deliberations on the Polish model of administrative bodies responsible for conservation and protection of historic monuments and sites.

Keywords:

protection of monuments and sites, cultural heritage, state historic preservation service, ratio legis est anima legis („Reasoning is the soul of legal acts”)

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Article Details

Dobosz, P. (2016). Ratio legis est anima legis and the need to exist and strengthen the state conservation service in Poland. Protection of Cultural Heritage, (1), 41–49. https://doi.org/10.24358/ODK_2016_01_04
Author Biography

Piotr Dobosz, Department of Administrative Law, Jagiellonian University

autor publikacji m.in. z zakresu ochrony i opieki nad dziedzictwem kulturowym, wieloletni pracownik konserwatorskiej administracji rządowej, członek kolegialnych organów centralnych do spraw ochrony zabytków oraz organizacji społecznych, prodziekan Wydziału Prawa i Administracji UJ na lata 2016–2020.