nam 22 uu 4500 10.59704/7286c826f58b4a74 DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 231016s2023||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.59704/7286c826f58b4a74 doi eng 342 23 Zontek, Witold Author aut Degrees of (In)Dependence - On the Uncertain Systemic Status of the Public Prosecutor's Office Zontek, Witold Verfassungsblog 2023-10-16 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier For years, there has been a debate about making the Polish Prosecutor's Office an authority that is arguably located between the classic uniformed services (the police), public administration (tax offices), and the judiciary. In Polish scholarly discourse, two positions prevail regarding the place of the prosecutor's office in the system of state organs - subordination to the executive, or quasi-independence based on an organic statute with the strong influence of parliament. In this blog, I will explain how PiS has exploited Poland's adoption of the former model, and evaluate the promise and perils of a proposal to cure the current defects by rendering Poland's prosecutor's office (more) independent. CC BY-SA 4.0 independence of prosecutors Poland prosecutor Rule of Law Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://verfassungsblog.de/degrees-of-independence/ raw object