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Administrative Appeals in Comparative European Administrative Law: What Effectiveness?

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This comparative chapter looks at different models of administrative appeal employed by the jurisdictions analyzed in this book and tries to draw conclusions regarding their effectiveness in keeping parties outside of courts of law. The majority of the legal systems afford a central role to administrative appeals among the remedies available against administrative action. The mandatory ones seem to be quite effective, as they keep at least half of disputes out of courts, while optional ones are harder to evaluate. However, it must be stressed that success rate is not the only criterion to measure effectiveness, so the data must be looked at with necessary precaution.

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Notes

  1. 1.

    Chapus (2008), p. 581; Van Lang et al. (1999), p. 282.

  2. 2.

    Auby and Fromont (1971), p. 215; Darcy and Paillet (2006), p. 2; Rivero and Waline (2006), p. 206.

  3. 3.

    Darcy and Paillet (2006), p. 22.

  4. 4.

    Auby and Fromont (1971), p. 219.

  5. 5.

    Council of Europe (2001).

  6. 6.

    See the corresponding chapters in this book.

  7. 7.

    Van Lang et al. (1999), p. 98.

  8. 8.

    See the chapter on Austria in this book (Chap. 7).

  9. 9.

    See the chapter on Spain in this book (Chap. 7).

  10. 10.

    Chapus (2008), p. 350; Isaac (1968), p. 621; Darcy and Paillet (2006), p. 22.

  11. 11.

    Dupuis et al. (1999), p. 57.

  12. 12.

    Debbasch and Ricci (2001), p. 307.

  13. 13.

    Darcy and Paillet (2006), p. 23.

  14. 14.

    See the chapter on Belgium in this book (Chap. 6) and Schwarze (2009), p. 172.

  15. 15.

    See the chapter on Italy in this book (Chap. 3).

  16. 16.

    See the chapter on France in this book (Chap. 2).

  17. 17.

    See the respective chapters in this book.

  18. 18.

    See the chapter on Italy in this book (Chap. 3).

  19. 19.

    See the chapter on Romania in this book (Chap. 14).

  20. 20.

    See the chapter on Denmark in this book (Chap. 5).

  21. 21.

    See the chapter on Romania in this book (Chap. 14).

  22. 22.

    Auby and Fromont (1971), p. 216; Isaac (1968), p. 619.

  23. 23.

    Rarincescu (1936), supra 1, p. 118.

  24. 24.

    Serdeen and Stroink (2002), p. 172; Iorgovan (2006), p. 453.

  25. 25.

    Dupuis et al. (1999), p. 57.

  26. 26.

    Auby and Fromont (1971), p. 42.

  27. 27.

    Prevedourou (1996), pp. 167–180.

  28. 28.

    See, for instance, the chapter on Hungary in this book (Chap. 10).

  29. 29.

    Brabant et al. (1973), p. 272; Darcy and Paillet (2006), p. 21.

  30. 30.

    Isaac (1968), p. 624; Darcy and Paillet (2006), p. 20.

  31. 31.

    See the chapter on France in this book (Chap. 2).

  32. 32.

    Isaac (1968), p. 624.

  33. 33.

    See the Italian doctrine preceding the 1971 reform of the administrative appeals in the chapter on Italy in this book (Chap. 3).

  34. 34.

    Ionescu (1970), p. 374; Iorgovan (2006), p. 592; Deleanu (2009), p. 289.

  35. 35.

    Rarincescu (1936), p. 110.

  36. 36.

    Brabant et al. (1973), p. 280.

  37. 37.

    See the chapter on Belgium in this book (Chap. 6).

  38. 38.

    Council of Europe (2001).

  39. 39.

    See the chapter on Italian in this book (Chap. 3).

  40. 40.

    See the Hunagrian chapter in this book (Chap. 10).

  41. 41.

    See the Slovenian chapter in this book (Chap. 12).

  42. 42.

    Serdeen and Stroink (2002), supra 23, p. 173.

  43. 43.

    See, for details, Lanbroek, Willemsen, Remac, ….

  44. 44.

    B.W.N de Waard et al. (note 11) cited by Lanbroek, Willemsen….

  45. 45.

    See, for details, the chapter on Germany in this book (Chap. 1).

  46. 46.

    See the German chapter in this book (Chap. 1).

  47. 47.

    See the Belgian chapter in this book (Chap. 6).

  48. 48.

    See the chapter on Poland in this book (Chap. 11).

  49. 49.

    See the corresponding chapters in this book.

  50. 50.

    Darcy and Paillet (2006), p. 21; Rivero and Waline (2006), p. 205.

  51. 51.

    Chapus (2008), p. 370.

  52. 52.

    See the chapter on Belgium in this book (Chap. 6).

  53. 53.

    See the chapter on Italy in this book (Chap. 3).

  54. 54.

    See the chapter on Denmark in this book (Chap. 5).

  55. 55.

    See the German chapter and Stelkens (2005), pp. 770–779 (pp. 778f).

  56. 56.

    See the chapter on Netherlands in this book (Chap. 4).

  57. 57.

    See the chapter on Denmark in this book (Chap. 5).

  58. 58.

    See the chapter on Germany in this book (Chap. 1).

  59. 59.

    See the German chapter in this book (Chap. 1); Schröder (2002), p. 137.

  60. 60.

    Brabant et al. (1973), p. 278.

  61. 61.

    Governmental Ordinance no. 92/2003, published in the Official monitor no. 24/12/2003.

  62. 62.

    See the chapter on the Netherlands in this book.

  63. 63.

    See the chapter on Denmark in this book (Chap. 5).

  64. 64.

    See the chapter on Poland in this book (Chap. 11).

  65. 65.

    See the chapter on Hungary in this book (Chap. 10).

  66. 66.

    See the Serbian chapter in this book (Chap. 15).

  67. 67.

    See the chapter on Slovenia in this book (Chap. 12).

  68. 68.

    Lust (2007), p. 36.

  69. 69.

    See the Italian chapter.

  70. 70.

    See the Romanian chapter.

  71. 71.

    Bucharest Court of Appeals, decision no. 1445/2006, in Bogasiu (2006), p. 1.

  72. 72.

    Brabant et al. (1973), p. 274. See also the Italian chapter.

  73. 73.

    Chapus (2008), p. 353.

  74. 74.

    CE 13 Mars 1996, Assoc. Reg. Pour l’enseignement…en Champagne-Ardennes, apud Chapus (2008), supra 14, p. 355.

  75. 75.

    Council of Europe (2001).

  76. 76.

    See the chapter on Germany in this book (Chap. 1).

  77. 77.

    See the corresponding chapters in this book.

  78. 78.

    See the French chapter; Chapus (2008), pp. 652–658; Michel (1996), pp. 228–238.

  79. 79.

    See the corresponding chapter in this book.

  80. 80.

    See the Romanian chapter.

  81. 81.

    See the corresponding chapters in this book.

  82. 82.

    See the Dutch chapter.

  83. 83.

    Decision Le Compte and others v. Belgium (1) from June 23rd 1981, par. 51, Decision Ötzurk v. Germany from February 21st 1984, par. 58, Decision Lutz v. Germany from June 25th 1987, par. 57.

  84. 84.

    See, for instance, Decision no. 441/2005, in Curierul Judiciar no. 11/2005, p. 34.

  85. 85.

    The decision of the Constitutional Court in plenary session no. 1/1994, in Curtea Constitutionala, decizii de constatare a neconstitutionalitatii 1992–1998, RA Monitorul Oficial, 1999, p. 520.

  86. 86.

    Deleanu (2003), p. 15; Chirita (2007), p. 312.

  87. 87.

    Bailey et al. (2005), p. 92, cited in the UK chapter in this book (Chap. 9).

  88. 88.

    See the UK chapter.

  89. 89.

    Cane (2009), p. 5.

  90. 90.

    See the chapter on UK in this book (Chap. 9); see also Cane (2009), p. 5.

  91. 91.

    See the Dutch chapter.

  92. 92.

    See the Danish chapter.

  93. 93.

    See the French chapter.

  94. 94.

    See the Polish chapter and the references cited there.

  95. 95.

    See the Romanian chapter.

  96. 96.

    See the German chapter.

  97. 97.

    Council of Europe (2001).

  98. 98.

    Schwarze (2009), p. 136.

  99. 99.

    Schröder (2002), p. 137.

  100. 100.

    Serdeen and Stroink (2002), p. 174.

  101. 101.

    See the literature cited in the Dutch chapter.

  102. 102.

    See the German chapter.

  103. 103.

    See the German chapter, note 15.

  104. 104.

    See the literature cited by the authors of the French chapter.

  105. 105.

    See the Danish chapter.

  106. 106.

    Law Commission (2008), esp. p. 12, para 3.28, cited in the UK chapter.

  107. 107.

    See the UK chapter.

  108. 108.

    Cowan and Halliday (2003), esp. chapter 5.

  109. 109.

    See the UK chapter and also Hunter and Cowan (1997).

  110. 110.

    See the EU law chapter in this book (Chap. 16).

  111. 111.

    European Commission (2008), p. 2, cited in the EU law chapter.

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Dragos, D.C., Marrani, D. (2014). Administrative Appeals in Comparative European Administrative Law: What Effectiveness?. In: Dragos, D., Neamtu, B. (eds) Alternative Dispute Resolution in European Administrative Law. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-34946-1_17

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