scholarly journals Ensuring the Rule of Law in Public Administration and Local Self-Government

Lex Russica ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 141-152
Author(s):  
E. B. Ablaeva ◽  
A. R. Ensebaeva ◽  
M. A. Utanov
Keyword(s):  
Public Administration ◽  
Rule Of Law ◽  
Control Function ◽  
Access To Justice ◽  
Public Authorities ◽  
The Rule Of Law ◽  
Judicial Control ◽  
Constitutional Right ◽  
The Republic ◽  
State And Local

The paper examines the powers of the judiciary to ensure the rule of law in the sphere of public administration and local self-government, which, according to the authors, consist in the implementation of the judicial control function by the courts. Granting the judicial power with the function of judicial control and expanding the scope of its implementation is one of the mechanisms that, in conditions of ensuring the rule of law, are necessary in order for everyone to exercise their constitutional freedom to appeal to the court against illegal acts, decisions, actions or omissions of public authorities, their officials, and civil servants. It is obvious that the role of the judiciary is significantly enhanced in the implementation of the second institutional reform to ensure the rule of law. Today, the rule of law in the sphere of state and local government is ensured the implementation of judicial control by courts of general, specialized and higher jurisdiction, as well as specialized formulations courts of the Republic of Kazakhstan in accordance with the RK legislation on civil and criminal procedure and administrative offences. However, according to the study, administrative and judicial reforms carried out in parallel in the Republic of Kazakhstan have resulted, on the one hand, in strengthening judicial control in the sphere of state administration and local self-government, and, on the other hand, in restricting the constitutional right to judicial protection and freedom of appeal in court. According to the authors, the steps to optimize the courts, consisting in the transition from a five-level court to a three-level court, have not achieved their main goal-to simplify access to justice.

Rule of law and the scope of interpretation of legislative provisions in the process of judicial and administrative review. Remarks against the background of the phenomenon of „lawmaking” of administrative courts

2021 ◽  
Vol 2(24) ◽  
pp. 373-387
Author(s):  
Przemysław Wilczyński
Keyword(s):  
Public Administration ◽  
Rule Of Law ◽  
Legal System ◽  
The Rule Of Law ◽  
Basic Criterion ◽  
Administrative Review ◽  
Administrative Courts ◽  
The Republic ◽  
Insight Into

The rule of law, as stipulated in article 7 of the Constitution of the Republic of Poland, is one of the fundamental principles shaping the functioning of public administration in the Republic of Poland. Legality of the functioning of public administration is also accepted as the basic criterion of judicial and administrative review of the actions taken by the administration. However, judgments of administrative courts often go outside the boundaries of findings that could be made based on linguistic interpretation of legislative provisions, by referring to the rules of the legal system, including in cases where no doubts exist with regards to the interpretation of provisions. The aim of this paper is to offer insight into the basis and nature of doubts encountered with regards to the admissibility of the use of non-linguistic interpretation by administrative courts where the use of such interpretation does not appear to be required.

Forty Years of Public Law

1990 ◽  
Vol 24 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 341-355 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Kretzmer
Keyword(s):  
Public Administration ◽  
Rule Of Law ◽  
Common Law ◽  
Public Law ◽  
Public Authorities ◽  
The Rule Of Law ◽  
Judicial Decisions ◽  
Comprehensive Survey ◽  
Intellectual Revolution ◽  
Do So

It would be impossible in a short lecture to give a comprehensive survey of all the changes that have occurred in the last forty years in that branch of law known as “Israel common law”. I will not, therefore, try to do so. Instead, I wish to single out the most distinctive phenomenon in this area of law. I refer to the conceptual/intellectual revolution in the outlook of the court regarding the nature of its judicial function. The original view, according to which the sole function of the court in the area of public law is to decide disputes between citizens and public authorities, has been abandoned and replaced by an outlook that views the court as an institution responsible for the legality of public administration, or, as the court itself is accustomed to defining the matter, for the rule of law.I shall divide my discussion into two parts. In the first part I will briefly discuss the prominent changes that have occurred in the judicial decisions regarding public law in recent years, and the judicial philosophy underlying these changes.

scholarly journals Corruption in Kazakhstan: and its impact on the economic development of the country

2020 ◽  
Vol 133 (4) ◽  
pp. 8-13
Author(s):  
M. Abuova ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Developing Countries ◽  
Economic Development ◽  
Public Administration ◽  
Rule Of Law ◽  
The Rule Of Law ◽  
The Republic

Corruption is a serious problem, and not only in developing countries. The fact is corruption interferes economic growth weakens the rule of law and undermines the rule of law institutions. Moreover, it has been studied nationally from the different perspectives of that issue. Recently, a growing number of studies on local corruption and, these recent studies have focused on the corruption and its impact on voters. The report will consider corruption in the system of public administration in the Republic of Kazakhstan and will be focused on the consequences of the corruption on the economy of the country

scholarly journals Zasada praworządności wyznacznikiem kontroli działań administracji publicznej realizowanej przez prokuratora w ramach postępowania administracyjnego

2019 ◽  
Vol 16 (1 (3)) ◽  
pp. 19-36
Author(s):  
Beata Kozicka ◽  
Ewa Pierzchała
Keyword(s):  
Public Administration ◽  
Rule Of Law ◽  
Good Governance ◽  
The State ◽  
Judicial Power ◽  
The Rule Of Law ◽  
Separate Part ◽  
Administrative Courts ◽  
Court Proceedings ◽  
The Republic

Opus iustitiae PAX – the properly shaped dimension of justice is a guarantee of peaceful – not based on a conflict and violence – relations between citizens and the state. These words fully reflect the leading thought of this study. It is the concern for a good law and a state governed by the rule of law, which lies at the foundation of actions taken within the scope of legal means by the Prosecutor’s Office that – as the “custodian of law” – is entitled to in the sphere of control over administration. Administrative courts execute justice as a separate part of judicial power. Justice and law are conditions for an effective state, good governance and social peace, which have accompanied us for centuries. Administrative courts uphold the principle of equality before the law, which is regulated by Art. 21, par. 1 of the Constitution of the Republic of Poland. Since it is administrative courts which – by performing tasks of control over the activity of public administration – become the guarantee of realization of the above-mentioned principle, their position and range of cognition in the situation of launching administrative-court proceedings by the Prosecutor were presented in the work.

scholarly journals Ensuring the principles of the rule of law and legality in the activities of public administration: terminological analysis

2020 ◽  
Vol 45 (2) ◽  
pp. 91-98
Author(s):  
Iryna Shumliaieva
Keyword(s):  
Public Administration ◽  
Rule Of Law ◽  
Social Relations ◽  
Scientific Article ◽  
Public Authorities ◽  
The Rule Of Law ◽  
Stage Of Development ◽  
Close Relationship ◽  
Scientific Papers ◽  
Definition Of

In the context of the development of home public administration, the implementation of research in terms of providing a meaningful description of the principles of the rule of law and legality in order to comply with them and ensure the activities of public authorities is becoming relevant. Therefore, the purpose of the scientific article is to implement a terminological analysis of the principles of the rule of law and legality in the activities of public administration, as an important condition for the development of public administration. The article considers terminological issues related to the definition of the essence of the concepts «rule of law», «legality», «public administration», by analyzing scientific papers and legal documents. Particular attention is paid to the definitions contained in the norms of international and European acts concerning the definition of the content of the principles of the rule of law and legality, which allowed distinguishing the relevant international and European understanding of the conceptual foundations of these concepts. It is established that at the present stage of development of the institution of public administration in the European doctrine the principle of the rule of law prevails, which is not identified with the principle of legality, as it is included in the list of relevant requirements for the implementation of the first one. The relationship between the rule of law and the rule of legality is shown, given their close relationship, formed in the process of evolution at different times during the development of social relations. As a result of research of scientific literature and normative-legal sources, it is offered to consider legality in activity of public administration in a wide public-administrative context through a prism of regulation of the state-authoritative influence on society for the purpose of its ordering. Since the vector of the rule of law and legality is aimed at both public authorities and society, it is assumed that the adoption of these principles in society involves the implementation of the requirements set out in the article to ensure compliance with public administration.

scholarly journals I CAN SEE CLEARLY NOW: VIDEOCONFERENCE HEARINGS AND THE LEGAL LIMIT ON HOW TRIBUNALS ALLOCATE RESOURCES

2007 ◽  
Vol 25 (2) ◽  
pp. 247 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lorne Sossin ◽  
Zimra Yetnikoff
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Public Administration ◽  
Rule Of Law ◽  
Common Law ◽  
Access To Justice ◽  
Allocation Of Resources ◽  
Remote Communities ◽  
Political Preference ◽  
The Rule Of Law ◽  
The One

Videoconferencing has generated ambivalence in the legal community.Some have heralded its promise of unprecedented access to justice,especially for geographically remote communities. Others, however, havequestioned whether videoconferencing undermines fairness. The authorsexplore the implications of videoconferencing through the case studyof the Ontario Landlord and Tenant Tribunal, which is one of thebusiest adjudicative bodies in Canada. This analysis highlights concernsboth with videoconferencing in principle and in practice. While suchconcerns traditionally have been the province of public administration,the authors argue that a tribunal’s allocation of resources and thesuffi ciency of its budget are also core concerns of administrative law.Administrative law reaches beyond conventional doctrines of proceduralfairness on the one hand and substantive rationality on the other. Howthe legislature structures and funds decision-making bodies is not just amatter of political preference but also of legal suffi ciency. The commonlaw, the Charter of Rights, and unwritten constitutional principles suchas the rule of law and access to justice all provide potential constraintsboth on governments and tribunals as to the organization and conductof adjudicative hearings, especially in settings like the Landlord andTenant Tribunal, where the rights of vulnerable people are at stake.While a challenge to the videoconferencing practices of the Landlordand Tenant Tribunal has yet to be brought, the authors conclude thateventually the intersection of tribunal resources with the fairness andreasonableness of that tribunal’s decision-making will reach the courts.How the courts resolve these challenges may represent the next frontierof administrative law.La vidéoconférence a suscité de l’ambivalence au sein de la communautéjuridique. Certains ont proclamé sa promesse d’un accès sansprécédent à la justice, surtout pour les communautés géographiquementéloignées. D’autres, cependant, ont soulevé la question à savoir si lavidéoconférence mine l’équité. Les auteurs explorent les conséquencesde l’utilisation de la vidéoconférence en faisant une étude de cas duTribunal du logement de l’Ontario, un des organismes juridictionnelsles plus occupés au Canada. Cette analyse met en lumière despréoccupations en rapport avec la vidéoconférence en principe et enpratique. Quoique de telles préoccupations ont traditionnellement été du ressort de l’administration publique, les auteurs soutiennent quel’allocation des ressources par un tribunal et la suffi sance de son budgetsont également des préoccupations centrales du droit administratif.Le droit administratif va au delà des doctrines conventionnellesd’équité procédurale d’une part et de la rationalité substantive d’autrepart. La façon dont le législateur organise et fi nance les organismesdécideurs n’est pas simplement question de préférence politique maisaussi de suffi sance légale. Le common law, la Charte des droits etles principes constitutionnels non écrits tels que l’autorité de la loiet l’accès à la justice imposent tous des contraintes potentielles auxgouvernements et aux tribunaux quant à l’organisation d’audiencesadjudicatives et la façon de les mener, surtout dans un cadre tel que leTribunal du logement de l’Ontario, où sont en jeu les droits de gensvulnérables. Quoique les pratiques de vidéoconférence du Tribunaldu logement de l’Ontario n’aient pas encore été contestées, les auteursconcluent qu’éventuellement la conjoncture des ressources du tribunalet de l’équité et l’aspect raisonnable du processus de décision de cetribunal va parvenir à la cour. La façon dont les cours règleront cescontestations pourrait devenir le prochain domaine d’exploration dudroit administratif.*

scholarly journals Mandatory Mediation and the Rule of Law

Amicus Curiae ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 50-83
Author(s):  
Michael Bartlet
Keyword(s):  
Rule Of Law ◽  
Access To Justice ◽  
Strict Sense ◽  
Significant Component ◽  
The Rule Of Law ◽  
Constitutional Right ◽  
Judicial Scrutiny ◽  
The Cost ◽  
Right Of Access ◽  
Mediation Practice

This article evaluates mediation practice against the core principles that Thomas Bingham identifies as constituting the rule of law. It identifies three forms of compulsion and discusses these in the light of Thomas Bingham’s eight principles. The article examines how voluntary mediation may increase access to justice, a significant component of the rule of law, but an element of compulsion, in its strict sense, impedes the constitutional right of access to the courts and stifles the development of precedent. To comply with the rule of law, in its more substantive version, any instruction that parties attempt to settle via mediation needs to be subject to judicial scrutiny, must ensure that the cost of mediation is not disproportionate, that there is a genuine willingness of the parties to engage in the process with good faith, and that it involves no greater structural inequalities than in litigation.

Economic and Institutional Determinants of the Rule of Law: A New Empirical Exploration

2021 ◽  
pp. 237-254
Author(s):  
Jacek Lewkowicz ◽  
Jakub Byler ◽  
Przemysław Litwiniuk
Keyword(s):  
Public Administration ◽  
Rule Of Law ◽  
Quantitative Research ◽  
Institutional Factors ◽  
Access To Justice ◽  
Political Systems ◽  
The Rule Of Law ◽  
Institutional Determinants

The rule of law has proved to be significant in economic and social development and the functioning of political systems. At the same time, determinants of the rule of law remain far from transparent. Our study focuses on a novel set of economic and institutional factors potentially shaping the rule of law. The quantitative research is based on econometric and machine-learning apparatus and covers a global sample of countries. The output of our study exposes the crucial role of the quality of the law, access to justice and impartial public administration to assure the rule of law. Apart from the contribution to the literature, our conclusions may be helpful for policymakers.

scholarly journals An overview of the judicial control of state executive power

2019 ◽  
Vol 56 (4) ◽  
pp. 1013-1029
Author(s):  
Blerton Sinani ◽  
Dane Taleski
Keyword(s):  
Public Administration ◽  
Judicial System ◽  
Executive Power ◽  
Individual Rights ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Public Authorities ◽  
Judicial Control ◽  
Lack Of Control ◽  
The Republic ◽  
External Form

Many analyses and international reports point out that there is a significant lack of judicial control over the state executive power in the Republic of North Macedonia. This article aims to analyze the deficiencies that contribute to the lack of control, and special attention is also devoted to the administrative judiciary as a basic external form of providing judicial control over the legality of the decisions of public authorities and their officials, in order to ensure objective legality, as well as the protection of individual rights of citizens against unlawful administrative acts and actions of public administration. The first part of the article focuses on challenges for judicial control of the executive government. It shows the results of semi-structured interviews conducted with 36 stakeholders such as judges and prosecutors about the limits to judicial control of the executive. The second part focuses on weaknesses and challenges of the administrative judiciary, and makes proposals on how to improve the administrative judiciary as a special type judiciary within the framework of the judicial system of the Republic of North Macedonia. Therefore, it presents a crucial illustration to detect the specific problems and to offer possible solutions.

PRINCIPLES OF STATE REGULATION OF THE ACTIVITIES OF BODIES OF THE STATE EXECUTIVE SERVICE AND PRIVATE EXECUTORS

2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (13) ◽  
pp. 69-77
Author(s):  
Mariіa Konstantinovna Kulava
Keyword(s):  
Public Administration ◽  
Rule Of Law ◽  
Social Relations ◽  
State Regulation ◽  
Court Decisions ◽  
Regulatory Requirements ◽  
The Rule Of Law ◽  
State Administration ◽  
Executive System ◽  
The Right

Within the presented article, taking into account already existing achievements of scientists, the concept, the main features of the principles of state administration of the executive system of Ukraine are defined. The principles of activity of executive bodies bodies according to the current legislation of Ukraine are determined. A brief description of the principles is presented, namely: the rule of law, legality, compulsory, independence, justice, impartiality and objectivity, discretion, transparency and openness of executive proceedings and its fixation by technical means, the reasonableness of the time limits for enforcement proceedings, the proportionality of enforcement measures and the amount of claims for decisions, the right to appeal decisions, actions or omissions of state executives, private performers. It is established that in general the principles of executive proceedings in the investigated normative acts are duplicated, in addition to the principles of independence and the right to appeal decisions, actions or inaction of state executives, private performers. The actual vision of the principles of public administration of the executive system of Ukraine is determined. The opinion on the need to supplement the list of principles with the following: the principle of equal competition between state and private performers through the balance between them; the principle of responsibility of the executive system bodies, their officials and private executors for damage caused as a result of violations of regulatory requirements; the principle of introducing effective incentives for voluntary implementation of decisions; the principle of professionalism and competence. Also, within the submitted article, it is stated that the use of the terms “principles” and “principles” in the Laws of Ukraine “On Bodies and Officials Performing Enforcement of Court Decisions and Decisions of Other Bodies”, “On Enforcement Proceedings”, which are adopted simultaneously and regulated, are unjustified, identical social relations.

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