Z dziejów sądownictwa administracyjnego na Górnym Śląsku w czasach II Rzeczypospolitej. Sprawa Józefa Kormana przeciwko Dyrekcji Policji w Katowicach

Abstract

The article aims to show the practice of the Voivodship Administrative Court in Katowice, operating during the Second Polish Republic, which – in a broader context – will allow for an assessment of its activity. The Voivodship Administrative Court in Katowice, which was established only in 1922 after the annexation of part of Upper Silesia into the Republic of Poland, has not yet been subjected to a comprehensive analysis. Research into its operation is not facilitated by the small number of surviving files, which were heavily depleted in the process of disposal. The preserved case files, which are very few in number, provide insight into the course and results of disputes adjudicated before the Voivodship Administrative Court. One of them is the case of Józef Korman v. the Police Directorate in Katowice, which is the subject of this study. It is an interesting case study for a number of reasons. This is primarily because it was one of the few cases heard before the Highest Administrative Tribunal in Warsaw as a result of an appeal filed against the judgment of the Voivodship Administrative Court in Katowice. The study is based on the case files preserved in the State Archive in Katowice, sources of law of that time and specialist literature. The article uses a historical-legal methodology.