The values and principles of sustainable development in policy and legislation of the Republic of Poland

Sustainable development can be variously translated and understood. This stems primarily from the fact that this idea is sometimes presented differently in the literature. The article concerns axiological system of su¬stainable development, how to interpret the idea of development and the principles that lie at its core. Therefore, the idea of sustainable development in Poland has the rank of constitutional principle, its genesis in state politics and in the Polish legislation was also discussed