Geneza skargi na przewlekłość postępowania w prawie polskim

This article presents the origins of the Act of 17 June 2004. a complaint of breach of the right to a trial by the court without undue delay, and the amendment to the Act, made law of 20 February 2009. Act of 17 September 2004, is a means of protection against excessive length of proceedings in Polish law. The author shows the impact of jurisprudence the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg on the introduction of the institution complaints about the length of proceedings in the Polish legal system, and its subsequent change. The author calls into question the effectiveness of complaint about the length of proceedings existing in Polish law.