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    Main currents in views on the reorganisation of the apparatus of executive power in the eighteenth-century Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth
    (Oficyna Wydawnicza AFM, 2021) Malec, Jerzy
    In the eighteenth century, and particularly in its second half, concepts of rebuilding the state administration began to emerge in Poland, the basic structure of which dates back to the times of the estate monarchy and did not meet the needs of the modern state of the Age of Enlightenment, and at the same time differed substantially from the solutions functioning in the absolute monarchies neighbouring Poland, where it was based at that time on the principles of centralism and bureaucracy. Meanwhile, in the Republic of Nobles, all offices were filled for life, without any particular emphasis on the professionalism of the candidates. In the first half of the eighteenth century, along with penetration of the idea of the Enlightenment into Poland, the seeds of modern concepts emerged, postulating a complete reform of the system of the Commonwealth. The reform programme contained in the works of the precursors of the Polish Enlightenment covered a wide range of problems, postulating the reorganization and healing of the entire apparatus of state power, sometimes also touching upon social issues. The political writing of that time, when discussing the basics of the functioning of the administration, usually emphasized the primacy of the law passed by the Sejm over executive activity. The influence of Polish political writing on the reform of the administration seems indisputable. The structure of the central authorities clearly referred to the concepts of the political thought of the time, constantly evolving towards modern forms of internal administration of the state, at the same time drawing on the achievements of European cameralist and police thought.