Civil defence as a problem in protecting the security of the population in situations significantly distinct from regular ones

Civil defense is shaped on the basis of international and national legal regulations in the context of internal and external threats with really dangerous consequences for the civilian population. In his investigations, the author focused on the legal and organizational dilemmas of civil defense in the country. Cognitive reflection also covered the causes of the current state of the examined institution and included preliminary suggestions of a prognostic nature, the inclusion of which in practice could result in the elimination of the identified shortcomings.