Uwagi na temat wpływu formy ustroju terytorialnego państwa na kształt władzy wykonawczej

Abstract

In the article, the author strives to answer the question of how the territorial organization of a state infl uences the organization and the scope of tasks and competences of the executive branch of the government. Therefore, for the purpose of the article, the author defines the term ”executive branch of government” and then describes how the principles of unitarism and federalism infl uence the model of the executive branch of the government, in particular with regard to the horizontal division of power. The author limits his discussion to theoretical aspects, which he illustrates by giving examples of constitutional solutions from two selected countries: the Republic of Poland and the Swiss Confederation. In both cases, the tasks related to the executive power are performed not only by the central government and its administration but also by local and regional government bodies, which enables describing the executive branch of the government in a contemporary democratic state as ”distributed.” However, the structure of federal state determines the extent of the ”distribution” of tasks and competences of the executive branch of the government, in particular with regard to adoption of implementing regulations to statutes (federal and cantonal).