Comparative Administrative Law

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No education will be offered. Students who are enrolled in the European Law School programme as of September 2022 or earlier are entitled to two additional assessment opportunities in 2024/2025 to complete the respective programme components of year 2.

The primary functions of administrative law are: a) power-establishing - to enable the government to put its policies into effect; b) power-checking - to keep the powers of the government within their legal boundaries, so as to protect those affected (citizens and companies) against their abuse.

The course Comparative Administrative Law provides an introduction into these functions of administrative law as applied in the legal systems of France, Germany, the Netherlands, and the United Kingdom (mainly England & Wales). The course concentrates on the following themes: 1) the administrative decision-making process and its outcome (the forms of administrative action); 2) the general principles regulating administrative decision-making and the concept of discretion; 3) the access to administrative courts; 4) the remedies against abuses of the administration.