The book European Parliamentarism is an exceptional work because the author conducts a multi-faceted discourse, analyzing the institution referred to in the title from the perspective of the history of political and legal doctrines, constitutional law, political science, experiences of Poland, Germany, Great Britain, France and other European countries. The author takes the reader on a ride not only through decades, but also through the years of the development of the parliamentary system in Europe, its strengthening and transformation. In view of the rich content of the book, the review discusses the issue of the relationship between the Council of Ministers and the Sejm, presented from the perspective of R.M. Małajny, who observes the political scene and analyzes constitutional solutions implemented in Poland. Based on that relationship the author believes that the Council of Ministers plays the lead role among the constitutional bodies of the state, although it has no democratic authority thereto. Constitutional powers of the Sejm, which is the representative body of the nation, do not allow for the expression of the opinion „on its preponderance in the system of authorities of the Republic of Poland”.
Celem niniejszego artykułu jest krytyczna analiza polskiego modelu rządów, przyję-tego w Konstytucji z 1997 r., w aspekcie stosowanych w nim elementów racjonalizacji. Kluczowym założeniem artykułu jest wykazanie, że konstrukcje ustrojowe, określo-ne w Konstytucji z 1997 r. w powiązaniu z praktyką polityczną nie spełniają warun-ków typowych dla zracjonalizowanego parlamentaryzmu w jego klasycznych wersjach, np. w Konstytucji V Republiki Francuskiej z 1958 r. i w Ustawie zasadniczej Republi-ki Federalnej Niemiec z 1949 r
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The purpose of this article is critical analysis of polish model of the government, adopted in the Constitution of 2nd April 1997, in the bearing of adopted factors of the rationalization. The key assumption of this article is to proof, that the legal constructions, reffered in the Constitution of 2nd April 1997, in the relation to political practice, don’t satisfy the conditions, typical for the ratinalized parliamentarism in its classical versions, for example in the Constitution of the Fifth French Republic of 1958 and in the 1949 Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany.
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