Acta Iuris Stetinensis

This article, which was a reflection of the conference speech, raised a problem of understanding administrative law in the light of F. Lonchamps’ considerations. The appointed theoretician of administrative law abandoned the positivist perception of law separated from values and morality, at the same time recognized that values constituted an axiom of law alongside the real sphere and the thought sphere. The confirmation of the legitimacy of F. Longchamps’ views were the statements of H. Hart, who assumed the necessity to influence morality in the sphere of the normative structure of law. F. Longchamps’ theory showed the ability to relate it to the positivization of the general part of administrative law as a normative act covering issues common to constitutional, substantive and procedural law. Recognizing that the general part of administrative law constitutes a “semantic penumbra” in accordance with Hart’s concept of open textualism, and thus “a hard core” - an unchanged part, the shape of which is independent of legislative changes, especially in the field of substantive law. It was necessary to consider whether the proposed formulation of the act was concerning the general part of administrative law, it is an attempt to recognize the law. The aim of the article, based on theoretical and philosophical assumptions defining the identity of administrative law, was an attempt to decide whether the perception of law as a conceived and real sphere enriched by universal values, allows for the formulation of provisions that constitute issues common to systemic, substantive and procedural administrative law. Despite the limitations resulting from the framework of the article, the possibility of creation a general part of administrative law supported by values, one of the most important of which is the common good and the servant role of public administration, has been articulated.