Studia Administracyjne

When conducting research on the evolution of the principle of writtenness and the electronic way contained in the Act of 14 June 1960 – Code of Administrative Procedure, the following research problems should be pointed out. Firstly, whether the legislator maintains the conditions for thorough and fast action of the public administration bodies in a given case, using the simplest possible means leading to its settlement. Secondly, whether the changes do not lead to the exclusion of citizens, or a given group from the possibility of participation in the case. Finally, the research problem oscillates around the evaluation of the correctness of functioning of the adopted regulations in the current legal state, including whether they do not raise interpretation doubts or carry negative consequences for people who want to settle their case before a public administration body. Bearing the above in mind, the aim of the research conducted for the purpose of this article was to determine and assess whether the Polish legislator aims to eliminate the principle of writtenness from the administrative procedure. Conducting research in this regard, the following research methods were used: the historical-comparative method, used for the analysis of previously binding legal regulations, the so-called dogmatic-legal method, used for the study of legal provisions regulating the principle of writtenness in administrative proceedings, the empirical method, used for the analysis of judicial decisions, and the theoretical-legal method, used for the analysis of literature.