Position of national security strategy in the legal order of Poland and Spain

Abstract

The content of the article is concentrated on the issue of the place that national security strategies occupy in the legal system of Poland and Spain. The legislative process in which the strategies are adopted has been presented. Assessment of legal validity of the strategies and of their executive effects has been held. The place of the documents in question in legal systems of both countries has been assessed as well as the issue if they form part of awider strategy or if they are separate elements of the system. The selection of these countries is justified by similar surface area and population, and consequently their potential within the UE as well as the fact that these are the external countries of the Schengen zone. On the other hand, the two countries differ by their geographical location on two extreme points of the UE.