scholarly journals SAND IN THE GEARBOX OF THE FUNCTIONING OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION: DEFECTIVE/ILLEGAL ADMINISTRATIVE ACT AND ITS CONTROL

2019 ◽  
pp. 15-25
Author(s):  
Stefanos Kareklas
Keyword(s):  
Public Administration ◽  
Legal Status ◽  
Administrative Law ◽  
Medium Term ◽  
State Institutions ◽  
The Public ◽  
Legal Provisions ◽  
Legal Remedies ◽  
Administrative Act ◽  
Principle Of Legality

The article discusses the issue of the existence and legal repercussions of illegal administrative acts according to Greek Administrative Law. Following the principle of legality, the operation of the public administration and especially the issuing of administrative decisions should be fully governed by the relevant legal provisions; nevertheless, it rather often happens that decisions are taken, which are partially or completely in violation of legal provisions. Despite that fact, and due to the existing principle of enforcement of administrative decisions independently of their legal status (presumption of legality of the administrative decisions issued), even illegal decisions are producing legal results and have to be removed or suspended in order to re-establish legality. In the article the various types and categories of problematic decisions are presented. This issue is presented according to the theory of Administrative Law in Greece. In addition, the legal remedies foreseen for restitution of legality, other remedies and procedural functions are considered, which can be employed either by the institutions themselves or by the citizens negatively affected in their rights by the problematic decision. Even though the situation at legislative level seems to be satisfactory, the current manifold crisis of the country has led to the (pretty often conscientious) production of uncommonly many incorrect and illegal decisions, the suspension of which requires time and resources, whereas in the meantime the citizens involved have to struggle to maintain their rightful status or even to merely socially and economically survive. The quantity of such decisions of the administrative and State-institutions is reaching a threshold which can be considered risky and dangerous, not only for the parties involved but in the medium-term also for the overall democratic structure of the country’s executive and administration.

scholarly journals “HINDRANCES IN THE EXERCISE OF FUNCTIONS” OF ADMINISTRATION: DEFECTIVE/ILLEGAL ADMINISTRATIVE ACTS, CONTROL MECHANISM

2020 ◽  
pp. 78-88
Author(s):  
Stefanos Kareklas
Keyword(s):  
Public Administration ◽  
Legal Status ◽  
Control Mechanism ◽  
Administrative Law ◽  
Medium Term ◽  
State Institutions ◽  
The Public ◽  
Legal Provisions ◽  
Legal Remedies ◽  
Principle Of Legality

The article discusses the issues of the availability and legal repercussions of illegal administrative acts according to Greek Administrative Law. Following the principle of legality, the operation of the public administration and especially the issuing of administrative decisions should be fully governed by the relevant legal provisions; nevertheless, it rather often happens that decisions are taken, which are partially or completely in violation of legal provisions. Despite that fact, and due to the existing principle of enforcement of administrative decisions independently of their legal status (presumption of legality of the administrative decisions issued), even illegal decisions are producing legal results and have to be removed or suspended in order to re-establish legality. The article presents various types and categories of problematic decisions. This issue is provided according to the theory of Administrative Law in Greece. In addition, the legal remedies foreseen for restitution of legality; the author considers other remedies and procedural functions, which can be applied either by the institutions themselves or by the citizens whose rights were negatively affected by the problematic decision. Even though the situation at the legislative level seems to be satisfactory, the current manifold crisis of the country has led to the (pretty often conscientious) production of extremely defective and illegal decisions, the suspension of which requires time and resources. Whereas the citizens involved have to struggle to maintain their rightful status or even to survive socially and economically. The quantity of such decisions of the administrative and state institutions is reaching a threshold which can be considered risky and dangerous not only for the parties involved but in the medium-term also for the overall democratic structure of the country’s executive and administration.

Updated "state-society contract" as a way to rationalization of national projects in Russia

2021 ◽  
pp. 7-14
Author(s):  
T.I. Grabelnykh ◽  
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N.A. Sablina ◽  
A.N. Parkhomenko
Keyword(s):  
Public Administration ◽  
Legal Status ◽  
Russian Society ◽  
Administration System ◽  
Public Control ◽  
The Public ◽  
State And Society ◽  
Conceptual Foundations ◽  
The Relationship

Researched are systemic aspects of the process of implementing national projects in Russia. Attention is focused on effectiveness of solving key problems of development of the public administration system in the context of the relationship between the state and society under modern conditions. The institution of public control in Russia is characterized through prerequisites of formation, organizational and legal status and main functions. The work defines the place and role of the institution of public opinion in the system of public administration and public control, substantiates its regulatory mechanisms, factors and agents of influence. In the aspect of systemic relationship between public administration and public control, the specificity of implementation of national projects in the transforming Russian society is revealed. A sociological vision of the “reset” of conceptual foundations of interrelationships between the public administration system and the institution of public control both at the stage of “entering” the space of national projects and in the process of their implementation is presented. It has been proved, that at the present stage the main integrating factor is consolidation of society through an updated "state-society contract". The analysis of historical and modern practices of public participation made it possible to draw a conclusion about the increase in the function of “co-management” of public control bodies in the interaction of state and public structures.

Los «Administrative Law Judges» norteamericanos: imparcialidad administrativa y control judicial

2015 ◽  
pp. 129-162
Author(s):  
Francisco VELASCO CABALLERO
Keyword(s):  
Public Administration ◽  
Comparative Law ◽  
Administrative Law ◽  
The Public ◽  
Judicial Intervention ◽  
Administrative Agencies ◽  
Administrative Employees ◽  
Administrative Procedures ◽  
Open Issues

LABURPENA: Objektibotasuna eta Administrazioa Legeari lotuta izatea Zuzenbide Publiko Konparatuan beti irekita dauden gaiak dira. Helburu hori lortzeko, estatu bakoitzak hainbat tresna juridiko izaten ditu. Espainian, objektibotasunaren eta legezkotasunaren bermea epaileen esku utzi da, funtsean. Beste herrialde batzuek tresna administratiboak dituzte, helburu berberak lortzeko esku-hartze judizialaren beharrik gabe. Horrelakoak dira Ipar Amerikako ≪Administrative Law Judges≫ deituak. Administrazio-enplegatu independenteak dira (independentziazko estatutu ia judiziala dutenak), eta funtzio hau dute: aurkakotasun-prozedura administratiboetan interesdunei entzutea eta dagokion gaian erabaki objektibo bat proposatzea. Administrazio-agentzietako zuzendaritza-kargudunen aldean enplegatu publiko horiek duten independentziari esker, objektibotasuna eta legezkotasuna berma daiteke, esku-hartze judizialaren beharrik gabe. RESUMEN: La objetividad y la vinculacion de la Administracion a la ley son cuestiones permanentes abiertas en el Derecho publico comparado. Diversos son los instrumentos juridicos con las que, en cada Estado, se pretende alcanzar esos objetivos. En Espana, la garantia de objetividad y de legalidad se ha depositado, fundamentalmente, en los jueces. Otros paises disponen de instrumentos administrativos que, sin necesidad de intervencion judicial, pretenden alcanzar los mismos objetivos. Este es el caso de los llamados ≪Administrative Law Judges≫ del Derecho norteamericano. Son empleados administrativos independientes (con estatuto cuasi judicial de independencia) cuya funcion es oir a los interesados en los procedimientos administrativos contradictorios y proponer una decision objetiva en el correspondiente asunto. La independencia de la que disponen estos empleados publicos, respecto de los cargos directivos de las correspondientes agencias administrativas, permite asegurar la objetividad y legalidad sin necesidad de intervencion judicial. ABSTRACT : Objectivity and legality of the Public Administration are open issues in comparative law. Various are the legal instruments by means of which each nation intends to achieve those objectives. In Spain, the guarantees of objectivity and legality traditionally rely on the judicial branch of power. Other countries have displayed distinctive administrative instruments, different to judicial intervention, to achieve the same objectives. This is the case of the so-called ≪Administrative Law Judges≫ of US law. They are independent administrative employees holding quasi-judicial independent. Their task consists of conducting the hearings in contradictory administrative procedures and proposing objective decisions to the directors of the relevant administrative agencies.

Administrative Procedure and Judicial Review in France

2021 ◽  
pp. 50-52
Author(s):  
Delphine Costa
Keyword(s):  
Public Administration ◽  
Judicial Review ◽  
Administrative Law ◽  
Public Law ◽  
The Public ◽  
Administrative Procedure ◽  
Judicial Remedy ◽  
Individual Decisions ◽  
Laws And Regulations ◽  
Administrative Justice

This chapter describes administrative procedure and judicial review in France. In French public law, no constitutional provision provides for judicial review of administrative measures. Nor is there a convention providing for judicial review of administrative measures. This is only envisaged by the laws and regulations, in particular the Administrative Justice Code and the Code of Relations between the Public and the Administration. The administrative courts exercise extensive control over the acts or measures of the public administration, including both individual decisions and regulatory acts, but some are nonetheless beyond judicial review. Where an act or measure is contested on procedural grounds, judicial review takes place only under certain conditions: the procedural defect must have deprived the applicant of a guarantee or it must have influenced the meaning of the decision taken. Two types of judicial remedy exist in administrative law: it is therefore up to the applicant to limit their application before the administrative judge.

Systemic Challenges and Opportunities

2021 ◽  
pp. 305-346
Author(s):  
Caroline E. Foster
Keyword(s):  
Legal Status ◽  
The Public ◽  
Legal Provisions ◽  
Regulatory Standards ◽  
International Court ◽  
Challenges And Opportunities ◽  
Rules And Principles ◽  
International Legal System ◽  
International Adjudication ◽  
Private Actors

Chapter Ten continues Chapter Nine’s analysis of the systemic questions raised by the emergence of global regulatory standards. Regulatory standards reflect and feed into the contemporary metamorphosis of sovereignty. Their design and employment will require consistent efforts to ensure that international law remains an integrated rather than a fragmented body of law, where economic, social and environmental rules and principles are all applied together. The legal status of private actors within the public international legal system is heavily implicated in the development of regulatory standards and caution is needed in the elaboration of global regulatory standards in order to avoid unwitting concessions. International adjudication is not ‘judicial review’ and global regulatory standards do not constitute ‘standards of review’ separate and distinct from the legal provisions being applied by an international court or tribunal. Care is needed, particularly when contemplating proportionality tests: reliance on the due regard standard is preferable for the present.

Towards Implementation of the Pan-European General Principles of Good Administration through Reforms of the Public Administration System

2020 ◽  
pp. 723-738
Author(s):  
Vache Kalashyan ◽  
Tigran Grigoryan
Keyword(s):  
Public Administration ◽  
Administrative Law ◽  
Legal Order ◽  
Successful Implementation ◽  
Administration System ◽  
Full Extent ◽  
The Public ◽  
System P ◽  
The Impact

This chapter discusses the impact of the pan-European general principles of good administration on Armenian administrative law. The chapter claims that successful reform of Armenian public administration is an indispensable prerequisite for successful implementation of these principles but that there is still a long way to go. Besides this, the Armenian legal order is generally open to being shaped and influenced by the said principles and demonstrates numerous successful examples thereof. Nevertheless, the chapter highlights that usually the Armenian legislator is the only one to transfer these principles into Armenian law. It describes the reception of the pan-European general principles of good administration as still being under development in Armenia. The chapter concludes that in order to guarantee the full extent of ‘good administration’ it remains necessary that general reforming of Armenian public administration be successfully implemented.

scholarly journals Legal Regulation of Public Governance in Finland – an Illusion of Predictable Public Administration?

2015 ◽  
Vol 38 (2) ◽  
pp. 52-59
Author(s):  
Niina Mäntylä ◽  
Laura Perttola ◽  
Kristian Siikavirta
Keyword(s):  
Public Administration ◽  
Legal Regulation ◽  
Administrative Law ◽  
Soft Law ◽  
Eu Law ◽  
Public Governance ◽  
The Public ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Changing Role

Legal coherence and predictable decision-making are the cornerstones of Finnish administrative law. The aim of this research is to analyze the factors that make administrative decisions unpredictable in Finland today. Why is the challenge so significant for the authorities? The factor analysis revealed six main features affecting predictability in the legal regulation of Finnish public governance: the increasing use of soft law, the devolution of government, deregulation, the changing role of the individual, the blurring of the division between the public and the private sector and the influence of international and EU-law.

scholarly journals Legislation on Administrative Procedures: The German Experience

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
pp. 204-215
Author(s):  
A. D. Maile
Keyword(s):  
Public Administration ◽  
Legal Protection ◽  
Public Law ◽  
The Public ◽  
Administrative Procedure ◽  
Procedural Law ◽  
General Order ◽  
Administrative Procedures ◽  
Administrative Act ◽  
The Law

This article provides an overview of the main provisions of German administrative procedural law. It outlines in a systematic way the particularities of administrative procedures and the possibilities for a citizen to seek administrative remedy. The essence of the basic principles of administrative procedural law as well as the particularities of temporary legal protection and the possibilities for an extrajudicial appeal against an administrative act are explained to the reader. The Author points out that administrative proceedings in Germany are, in a broad sense, any decision-making activity of a public administration body. According to the German Administrative Procedure Act, an administrative procedure in the sense of the law is an externally imposed activity of the administrative authorities that is aimed at verifying the conditions, preparing and issuing an administrative act or entering into a public-law contract. At the same time, the activities of a public administration body are not bound by a specific form, unless there are specific rules on the form of procedure. It is stated that current German administrative law distinguishes between an administrative act and a general order. The latter is also an administrative act, the range of addressees, however, is wider. An administrative act according to the law is any order, decision or other authoritative action of an administrative body aimed at regulating a single case in the field of public law and having direct legal consequences of an external nature. A general order is an administrative act, which is addressed to a certain or defined by general features, or which concerns the public-law properties of a thing or the use of it by the public. The author notes that an administrative act must be specific in content, justified and announced to the participants in the proceedings. As long as the act has not been declared, it is invalid. An administrative act is valid from the moment it is announced, unless it itself provides otherwise. It continues in force until it is revoked, cancelled, terminated by a deadline or for any other reason specified in the law. Based on the analysis, it is concluded that the lack of a law on administrative procedures in Russia is a negative indicator of the modern Russian administrative legal system.

scholarly journals Brazilian Administrative Law: influences, Characteristics and recent changes

2018 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 1-20
Author(s):  
Irene Patrícia Nohara
Keyword(s):  
Public Administration ◽  
Present Article ◽  
Administrative Law ◽  
Public Law ◽  
Law System ◽  
The Public ◽  
Deductive Method

The present article aims to expose, using the hypothetical-deductive method, the origins and influences of Brazilian Administrative Law. It is a descriptive article that focuses on the main characteristics of the discipline, belonging to the branch of public law. It also seeks to address recent changes to provide an up-to-date overview of the Brazilian Administrative Law system. It tries to explain how the new institutes and the reforms in the matter contribute to the functioning of the Public Administration.

scholarly journals Władczość i niewładczość administracji w jurysdykcyjnym postępowaniu administracyjnym

2019 ◽  
Vol 16 (1 (2)) ◽  
pp. 171-180
Author(s):  
Katarzyna Kłosowska-Lasek
Keyword(s):  
Public Administration ◽  
Administrative Law ◽  
The Public ◽  
Administration Culture ◽  
Administrative Proceedings ◽  
Partnership Approach

The implementation of a new administration culture (based on a partnership approach of public administration to citizens) causes the growing use of non-imperious forms and methods of public administration activity. This tendency also includes jurisdictional administrative proceedings, in which authoritative and non-authoritative actions of the public administration are intertwined. The aim of the article is to look at these tendencies and determine whether they are in accordance with the essence of the administrative law relation as a key notion of administrative law.

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