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54 Rev. Eur. & Comp. L. 279 (2023)
Mediation as Means of Communication for Public Administration in Settling Administrative Disputes

handle is hein.journals/recol54 and id is 281 raw text is: Review of European and Comparative Law 1 2023 Vol. 54, No. 3, 279-301 https://doi.org/10.31743/recl.16226 Received: 17 April 2023 Accepted: 11 September 2023 Published: 30 September 2023 Mediation as Means of Communication for Public Administration in Settling Administrative Disputes Katarzyna Kulak-Krzysiak Dr., Assistant Professor, Faculty of Law, Canon Law and Administration, John Paul II Catholic University of Lub- lin, correspondence address: ul. Aleje Raclawickie 14, 20-950 Lublin, e-mail: katarzyna.kulak-krzysiak@kul.pl s https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6771-4188 Pawel Swital Dr., Assistant Professor, Faculty of Law and Administration, Kazimierz Pulaski University in Radom, correspon- dence address: ul. Boleslawa Chrobrego 31, 26-600 Radom, e-mail: p.swital@uthrad.pl https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7404-5143 Keywords: mediation, communication, public administration, administrative procedure, alternative dispute resolution Abstract: Nowadays solutions are sought for public adminis- tration to involve citisens in decision-making as one of the ways of promoting the development of civil society and thus to fos- ter democratic forms of government. Public administration is looking for efficient methods of resolving administrative dis- putes. Administrative mediation serving the purpose of ensur- ing proper communication between the parties to administra- tive proceedings is one of such methods. Mediation in public administration hinges upon the definition of communication rules. The aim of this paper is to define communication from the perspective of legal science and discuss its application in the administrative mediation proceedings. In this article, we discuss the essence, the subject matter and the object of medi- ation as well as the legal regulations governing the mediation procedure and consider the possibility of applying mediation to the administrative procedure, as exemplified by the related case law. The study has been conducted by means of the legal research methods, in particular the legal-dogmatic approach and the legal functionalism approach. This is an open access artide under the CC BY license ISSN 2545-384X (Online)