Subjects:

European Jurisdictions

Contents:

Preface

1. Introduction

2. The Constitutional and Administrative Background

3. The Administrative Courts

4. The Structure and Membership of the Courts

5. The Procedure of the Courts

6. The Jurisdiction of the Courts

7. The Conditions Precedent for Judicial Review

8. The Substantive Law: The Principles of Administrative Liability

9. The Substantive Law: The Principle of Administrative Legality

10. The Influence of droit administratif outside France

11. Conclusions

Appendices

As the bicentenary of the Conseil d'Etat approaches, this new edition of the leading English-language text provides a detailed profile of the Conseil and offers an up-to-date overview of le droit administratif, which is regarded, alongside the Code Napoleon, as the most notable achievement of French legal science.

The Conseil d' Etat is taken as a model for many administrative systems in Europe and beyond, and it continues to exercise a strong influence upon the emerging democracies of Eastern Europe and the Third World. The 11 expanded appendices, including statistics, model pleadings and other illustrations, provide an invaluable and accessible source of information on the French administrative courts, their procedure and case-load.

The approach is comparative, with frequent references to developments in United Kingdom administrative law and in the EC institutions.