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Polish Local Government Reorganized on Soviet Model

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 January 2017

Ralph A. Jones
Ralph A. Jones*
Affiliation:
American Embassy, Bangkok, Thailand
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A government-drafted “Bill Concerning Regional Organs of Unified State Authority” was enacted into law by the Polish Parliament (Sejm Ustawodawczy—“Legislative Parliament“) on March 20, 1950. This legislation makes sweeping changes in Polish provincial and local government which have the effect of bringing the structure of government at those levels into nearly identical conformity with that of comparable levels in the Soviet Union. It also increases and consolidates the role of the Polish Council of State (Rada Państwa) as the dominant organ of the government of Poland.

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Research Article
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American Slavic and East European Review , Volume 10 , Issue 1 , February 1951 , pp. 56 - 68
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Copyright © Association for Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies 1951

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References

1 Ustawa z dnia 20 marca 1950 r. o terenowych organach jednolitej władzy państwowej, Dziennik Ustaw Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej (Journal of Laws of the Polish Republic), No. 14, April 13, 1950, Item 130.

2 Czarnomski, F. B., The Polish Handbook (London, 1925), pp. 13–31.Google Scholar

3 Polish Commission for International Law Cooperation, Constitution of the Republic of Poland, prefaced by Stanisław Car (Warsaw, 1935).

4 Ustawa z dnia 11 września 1944 r. o organizacji i zakresie działania rad narodowych, Dziennik Ustaw Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej, No. 5, September 20, 1944, Item 22.

5 Ustawa Konstytucyjna z dnia 19 lutego 1947 r. o ustroju i zakresie działania najwyższych organów Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej, Dziennik Ustaw Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej, No. 18, February 20, 1947, Item 71.

6 Schuman, Frederick L., Soviet Politics at Home and Abroad (London, 1948), pp. 640–652 Google Scholar.

7 No legislation governing the election of members to “people's councils” had been enacted up to August 1, 1950.

8 Compare Article 6 of the Law of March 20, 1950, with Article 28 of that of September 11, 1044.

9 Constitution of January 21, 1937, of the Russian Federated Soviet Socialist Republic (RSFSR), Article 91.

10 In another field, Polish judicature, conformity has already been achieved with only slight variations.