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Administrative Law & Judicial Review of Administrative Decisions

Administrative law in common law countries  Most countries that follow the principles of common law have developed procedures for judicial review that limit the reviewability of decisions made by administrative law bodies.  Often these procedures are coupled with legislation or other common law doctrines that establish standards for proper rulemaking.

 Administrative law may also apply to review of decisions of so-called semi-public bodies, such as non- profit corporations, disciplinary boards, and other decision-making bodies that affect the legal rights of members of a particular group or entity.

 While administrative decision- making bodies are often controlled by larger governmental units, their decisions could be reviewed by a court of general jurisdiction under some principle of judicial review based upon due process (United States) or fundamental justice (Canada).

 Judicial review of administrative decisions, it must be noted, is different from an administrative appeal.  When sitting in review of a decision, the Court will only look at the method in which the decision was arrived at, whereas in an administrative appeal the correctness of the decision itself will be examined, usually by a higher body in the agency.  This difference is vital in appreciating administrative law in common law countries.

The scope of judicial review  The scope of judicial review may be limited to certain questions of fairness, or whether the administrative action is ultra vires.  In terms of ultra vires actions in the broad sense, a reviewing court may set aside an administrative decision if it is unreasonable (under Canadian law, following the rejection of the "Patently Unreasonable" standard by the Supreme Court in Dunsmuir v. New Brunswick), Wednesbury unreasonable (under British law), or arbitrary and capricious (under U.S. Administrative Procedure Act and New York State law).

 Administrative law, as laid down by the Supreme Court of India, has also recognized two more grounds of judicial review which were recognized but not applied by English Courts viz. legitimate expectation and proportionality.

The powers to review administrative decisions  usually established by statute, but were originally developed from the royal prerogative writs of English law, such as the writ of mandamus and the writ of certiorari.  In certain Common Law jurisdictions, such as India or Pakistan, the power to pass such writs is a Constitutionally guaranteed power.  This power is seen as fundamental to the power of judicial review and an aspect of the independent judiciary.

United States  In the United States, many government agencies are organized under the executive branch of government, although a few are part of the judicial or legislative branches.  In the federal government, the executive branch, led by the president, controls the federal executive departments, which are led by secretaries who are members of the United States Cabinet.

 The many important independent agencies of the United States government created by statutes enacted by Congress exist outside of the federal executive departments but are still part of the executive branch.  Congress has also created some special judicial bodies known as Article I tribunals to handle some areas of administrative law.

 The actions of executive agencies and independent agencies are the main focus of American administrative law.  In response to the rapid creation of new independent agencies in the early twentieth century, Congress enacted the Administrative Procedure Act (APA) in 1946.

 Many of the independent agencies operate as miniature versions [citation needed] of the tripartite federal government, with the authority to "legislate" (through rulemaking; see Federal Register and Code of Federal Regulations), "adjudicate" (through administrative hearings), and to "execute" administrative goals (through agency enforcement personnel).

 Because the United States Constitution sets no limits on this tripartite authority of administrative agencies, Congress enacted the APA to establish fair administrative law procedures to comply with the constitutional requirements of due process.

Administrative law in civil law countries Administrative court  the majority of civil law jurisdictions have specialized courts or sections to deal with administrative cases which, as a rule, will apply procedural rules specifically designed for such cases and different from that applied in private-law proceedings, such as contract or tort claims.

France  In France, most claims against the national or local governments are handled by administrative courts, which use the Conseil d'État (State Council) as a court of last resort.  The main administrative courts are the "Tribunaux Administratifs" and appeal courts are the "Cours Administratives d'Appel".

Germany Judiciary of Germany  In Germany, the highest administrative court for most matters is the federal administrative court Bundesverwaltungsgericht.  There are federal courts with special jurisdiction in the fields of social security law (Bundessozialgericht) and tax law (Bundesfinanzhof).

The Netherlands  In The Netherlands, administrative law provisions are usually contained in separate laws.  There is however a single General Administrative Law Act ("Algemene wet bestuursrecht" or Awb) that applies both to the making of administrative decisions and the judicial review of these decisions in courts.  On the basis of the Awb, citizens can oppose a decision ('besluit') made by a public body ('bestuursorgaan') within the administration and apply for judicial review in courts if unsuccessful.

 Unlike France or Germany, there are no special administrative courts of first instance in the Netherlands, but regular courts have an administrative "chamber" which specializes in administrative appeals.  The courts of appeal in administrative cases however are specialized depending on the case, but most administrative appeals end up in the judicial section of the Council of State (Raad van State).

 In addition to the system described above there is another part of administrative law which is called "administratief beroep" (administrative appeal).  This procedure is available only if the law on which the primary decision is based specifically provides for it and involves an appeal to a higher ranking administrative body.  If administrative appeal is available, no appeal to the judicial system may be made.

Sweden  The Stenbockska Palace is the seat of the Supreme Administrative Court of Sweden there is a system of administrative courts that considers only administrative law cases, and is completely separate from the system of general courts.

 This system has three tiers, with 12 county administrative courts (förvaltningsrätt) as the first tier, four administrative courts of appeal (kammarrätt) as the second tier, and the Supreme Administrative Court of Sweden (Regeringsrätten) as the third tier.

 Migration cases are handled in a two- tier system, effectively within the system general administrative courts.  Three of the administrative courts serve as migration courts (migrationsdomstol) with the Administrative Court of Appeal in Stockholm serving as the Migration Court of Appeal (Migrationsöverdomstolen).

Brazil  there is no specialized court or section to deal with administrative cases.  In 1998, a constitutional reform, lead by the government of the President Fernando Henrique Cardoso, introduced regulatory agencies as a part of the executive branch.

 Since 1988, Brazilian administrative law has been strongly influenced by the judicial interpretations of the constitutional principles of public administration (art. 37 of Federal Constitution): legality, impersonality, publicity of administrative acts, morality and efficiency...

Chile  The President of the Republic exercises the administrative function, in collaboration with several Ministries or other authorities with ministerial rank.  Each Ministry has one or more under- secretary that performs through public services the actual satisfaction of public needs.  There is not a single specialized court to deal with actions against the Administrative entities, but instead there are several specialized courts and procedures of review.

People's Republic of China  Administrative law in the People's Republic of China was virtually non- existent before the economic reform era initiated by Deng Xiaoping.  Since the 1980s, the People's Republic of China has constructed a new legal framework for administrative law, establishing control mechanisms for overseeing the bureaucracy and disciplinary committees for the Communist Party of China.

 However, many have argued that the usefulness of these laws is vastly inadequate in terms of controlling government actions, largely because of institutional and systemic obstacles like a weak judiciary, poorly trained judges and lawyers, and corruption.  In 1990, the Administrative Supervision Regulations and the Administrative Reconsideration Regulations were passed. Both regulations have since been amended and upgraded into laws.

 The 1993 State Civil Servant Provisional Regulations changed the way government officials were selected and promoted, requiring that they pass exams and yearly appraisals, and introduced a rotation system.  In 1994, the State Compensation Law was passed, followed by the Administrative Penalties Law in 1996

Austria Judicial System  The judicial system is independent of the executive and legislative branches.  The constitution establishes that judges are independent when acting in their judicial function.  They cannot be bound by instructions from a higher court (except in cases of appeal) or by another agency.

 In administrative matters, judges are subordinate to the Ministry for Justice.  A judge can be transferred or dismissed only for specific reasons established by law and only after formal court action has been taken.  The Austrian judiciary functions only at the federal level, and thus there is no separate court system at the provincial level.