3. Way of functioning.

Administrative law governs outside relations of administrative body, and inside relations of this body. Since all decisions of administration have to be based on law, even organizational issues within administrative agency itself are done within constrains of the law and on the basis of the law. Administrative institution has to have statute, which is basis for all of its internal affairs. All acts of administration, both internal and external have to be based on specific prerogative given by law.

What is external action? it is action directed towards citizens and other institutions of the state, including other administrative bodies. Internal action is action directed towards administrative body itself, for instance setting duties of new employee.

7. Characteristics of administrative law.

Administrative law is divided between three parts:

a) Material administrative law-setting norms regarding responsibilities and obligations of administration; that is what kind of duties each institution has

b) procedural administrative law which sets norms that are showing the way in which material law should be implemented; that is how and when given norm should be used

c) and organisational administrative law which regulates rules concerning organization of administration internally

Administrative law can be divided into two meanings:

a) administrative law in broad sense and in narrow sense. In broad sense administrative law concerns itself with material law basis on which administration is created and acts, and with those norms that set structure, relations within and design internal procedures.

b) Administrative law in narrow sense is concerned only with relation between administration and subject over which administration holds dominion, that is-with norm that is between them.

8. Types of norms in administrative law:

a) system norms, or constitutive norms- they set duties and prerogatives as well as competences that are supposed to e sued to fulfil duty and in what circumstances - time, place etc, and in what way., they also set organization, legal status of administrative organ, employment etc.

b) material norms - they constitute basis of administrative action. They set who should do what in given situation

c) procedural norms - they regulate in what way administrative decision and actions should be committed - how decision to make administrative act in given situation is made. Those norms also set the rules for control of administration and how complaints against administrative decisions should be proceeded.

Sources of those norms are constitution, legislation, delegated legislation (typically issued by ministry or prime minister, or voiviodships). Characteristic for polish legal system is the situation where there are two types of norms in administrative law - norms that are binding externally, that is for all, and norms that are binding only internally - they are source of law only for administrative organs themselves. However both types of norms have common sources of law-constitution, legislative act, delegated legislation, decisions etc.