Legislation on Administrative Procedures: The German Experience

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...

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Main Author: A. D. Maile
Format: Article
Language:Russian
Published: Omsk Law Academy 2021-10-01
Series:Сибирское юридическое обозрение
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Online Access:https://www.siberianlawreview.ru/jour/article/view/1658
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description 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.
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spelling doaj.art-0723c58f93b54a04b3f292797aa719b02024-03-15T14:13:32ZrusOmsk Law AcademyСибирское юридическое обозрение2658-76022658-76102021-10-0118220421510.19073/2658-7602-2021-18-2-204-2151576Legislation on Administrative Procedures: The German ExperienceA. D. Maile0Ministry of Interior of the Federal State of Schleswig-Holstein (Federal Republic of Germany)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.https://www.siberianlawreview.ru/jour/article/view/1658public authoritiespublic administration authoritiesadministrative jurisdictionadministrative court procedure lawadministrative procedureadministrative legal proceedingsadministrative courtadministrative act
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Legislation on Administrative Procedures: The German Experience
Сибирское юридическое обозрение
public authorities
public administration authorities
administrative jurisdiction
administrative court procedure law
administrative procedure
administrative legal proceedings
administrative court
administrative act
title Legislation on Administrative Procedures: The German Experience
title_full Legislation on Administrative Procedures: The German Experience
title_fullStr Legislation on Administrative Procedures: The German Experience
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title_short Legislation on Administrative Procedures: The German Experience
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topic public authorities
public administration authorities
administrative jurisdiction
administrative court procedure law
administrative procedure
administrative legal proceedings
administrative court
administrative act
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