At the routs of normative service administration according to the works of Tadeusz Pilat – progenitor of Polish administrative sciences

Abstract

According to the title of the article the authors analyze the works of Tadeusz Pilat dated 1880 looking for the genesis of contemporary normative service administration. Certainly, in the Times of Tadeusz Pilat, the very concept of „service administration” as a normative and doctrinal concept did not exist (described in details in the article), but its essence is related to the state and its administration. By the concept of normative service administration the authors understand the application of the designates of this concept in the content of bilaterally applicable legal provisions. Analysis of the academic script „Science of Administration According to the Lectures of Dr. T. Pilat. New Edition” published in Lviv in 1880 undoubtedly demonstrated that the designates of this concept function in his concept of the state, local government, science of administration and administrative law and play an important role in therein. These designations, in accordance with the natural concept of the commune shared by T. Pilat, are manifested first of all in the commune’s own tasks. In the authors’ opinion, the current concept of service administration has developed from non-equivalent service as a moral obligation to normative national regulations, including constitutional as well as international and European ones regarding public administration services to external subjects. These benefits are currently based not only on the form of legal interest but also on subjective public rights. Moreover, using public administration services is now not only a right, but also a public law obligation. On the part of the state, provision of such services and organization thereof, including privatization, should be linked to state’s obligations and liability.