75 lecie Państwa Miasta watykańskiego

Abstract

On February 11th, 2004, there was the 75th Anniversary of signing the Lateran Treaties that resulted in appointing the State of Vatican City. It became a kind of continuity of the heritage that was based on the history of the Church State, and on the other hand it proved the end of period, which had lasted since 1870, when the Popes had been called the prisoners of Vatican City. All those International Treaties that were signed during the Papacy of Pius XI with the Italian Authorities resulted in stabilizing the law situation of the State of Vatican. It has both, internal and external, autonomy so the Authorities of it can easily organize the State’s life on its own territory. Such conditions require from the citizens to accept existing law rules, and recognizing them by other countries led to establishment of equal Diplomatic Relations. The specific side of the State’s structure that is seen in the case of the State of Vatican, is the fact that each Pope as the Head of it has the legislative, executive and judicial power.