Transparency of the activities of public authorities as the common good

Abstract

The analysis contained in this article focuses on the specificity of identifying public information and determining the manner of implementing this right in terms of defining the content of the principle of state transparency. The case law practice (decisions of the Constitutional Tribunal and administrative courts) concerning the identification of the right holder and the procedures for obtaining public information have been examined and evaluated. At the same time, an
attempt was made to identify the content of the concept of the common good as used in Article 1 of the Constitution of the Republic of Poland whose one of constituent elements is transparency of state actions, state bodies and public officials.