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The subject of the paper is the influence that the non-standard situations have on the activities of public administration and especially on the process of its cognition. These situations change the image of the functioning of the State and public administration and clearly show some general trends of their development. Above all, the role of regulatory activity of public administration is showing in a new light; at the same time, the importance of the choice of adequate legal means used by public administration is increasing, as well as the relationship between public administration and the judiciary or the limits that determine the overall state of society for the operation of public administration.