The Austrian codification of administrative procedure : diffusion and oblivion (1920-1970) / Giacinto della Cananea, Angela Ferrari Zumbini, and Otto Pfersmann.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Della Cananea, Giacinto, author.

Ferrari Zumbini, Angela, author.

Pfersmann, Otto, 1954- author.

Series:

The Common Core of European Administrative Law

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Administrative law--Austria.

Administrative law.

Administrative law--Europe.

Austria.

Europe.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (292 pages)

Place of Publication:

Oxford, UK : Oxford University Press, [2023]

Summary:

This book explores the development of the Austrian codification of administrative procedure and the subsequent spread of Austrian ideas and institutions across Europe. The book thus provides an unprecedented outlook on the emergence of an increasing common core regarding administrative procedure, and the consequences it had for other legal systems.

Contents:

Intro

Title Page

Copyright Page

Contents

Detailed Contents

Table of Legislation

List of Abbreviations

List of Contributors

Original German Text of the 1925 Law with English Parallel Translation

1. Introduction

I. The Object and Nature of this Book

II. Austrian Administrative Procedure Legislation

A. Background: Judicial Regulation of Administrative Procedure

B. Background: The Nineteenth-Century Debate on the Codification of Administrative Procedure

C. The Austrian Turning Point

III. The Spread of Austrian Ideas and Institutions

A. Beyond the Conception of Administrative Law as a National Enclave

B. National and Transnational Factors of Administrative Procedure Legislation

C. The 'Influence' of the Austrian Reform: A Case of the Diffusion?

IV. Methodological Issues

A. History and Comparison

B. Choice of Legal Systems

V. The Structure of the Book

I. The Austrian Administrative Procedure Legislation of 1925

2. Administrative Procedure and Judicial Control

I. Introduction

II. The Separation of the Judiciary from the Executive

III. Separation of Powers and the Rule of Law: The Austrian System

IV. Recent Changes, in the Light of European Law

3. The History of the Administrative Procedure in Austria until 1925

II. 'Old Style' Administrative Justice

III. The Introduction of Modern Administrative Justice in Austria

IV. The Administrative Court's Jurisdiction over Administrative Procedures

V. Advocatentag 1884

VI. The Appeal Procedure Act 1896

VII. The Administrative Procedural Laws of 1925

4. The Structure and Main Features of the Austrian General Administrative Procedure Act (AVG)

I. Principal Reasons for the AVG of 1925

II. The Structure of the AVG 1925

A. The (Court-like) Procedure.

B. Major Legal Principles of the AVG 1925

III. Main Features of the AVG 1925

A. Persons Involved and Parties (Beteiligte

Parteien)

B. The Oral Hearing (mündliche Verhandlung)

C. Taking Evidence (Beweisaufnahme)

D. The Administrative Decision (Bescheid)

1. Obligation to Expressly Name an Administrative Decision as Such

2. The (Normative) Ruling

3. Statement of Reasons

4. Information on Appeals

5. Obligation to Name of the Authority, the Date of Approval, and the Name of the Approving Officer in Charge

E. Errors and Legal Effectivity (Fehlerfolgen

Rechtskraft)

F. The Appeals Procedure (Berufung)

G. Obligation to Decide (Entscheidungspflicht)

IV. Summary

II. The Diffusion of Administrative Procedure Legislation in Europe (1920-1970): National Reports

5. The Austrian Model and the Codification of Administrative Procedure in Liechtenstein

II. The 1922 Administrative Procedure Legislation in Context

A. The 1922 Landesverwaltungspflegegesetz

B. The Legislative Intent: A Single Codification

C. The Historical, Political, and Institutional Context

III. Sources of Law for Administrative Procedure

A. Constitutional Principles and Requirements

B. Levels of Appeal

IV. The Relevance of Austrian Ideas and Institutions

A. The Influence of Kelsen's Theory

B. Austrian and Domestic Administrative Procedure Legislation

C. A Preliminary Austrian Draft?

D. Judicial and Academic Attitudes

V. The Main Procedural Requirements

A. Completeness of the Preliminary Investigation and Fact Finding

B. The Right to a Hearing

C. The Duty to Give Reasons

D. The Organisation of Remedies

E. The Extent of Complaints and Cognition

VI. Hypothetical Cases

A. Authorisations and Licences: The Opening of a Pharmacy

B. The Dismissal of a Civil Servant.

C. Expropriation of a House for a Railway Line

D. Administrative Planning: Building a New School

VII. The Personal Factor

A. Josef Peer

B. Austrian Judges

C. Hofkanzlei and Landesverweser

6. Administrative Procedure Legislation in Czechoslovakia

II. Background: History and Legal Culture

A. The First Period: 1928-1945

B. The Second Period: 1945-1970

C. The Institutional and Political Context of the APA

D. Unity and Differentiation

E. Constitutional Principles

F. The Standards Defined by the Courts

III. The Importance of the Austrian APA

A. A Shared Vision of Administrative Procedure

B. The Cultural Influence of the Austrian Codification

IV. The Main Procedural Requirements

B. The Right to a Hearing and the Requirement to Give Reasons

C. The Available Remedies

V. Hypothetical Cases

A. Authorisations and Licences

B. Disciplinary Procedure for Civil Servants

C. The Expropriation Procedure

D. Administrative Planning

VI. The Personal Factor

7. The Polish Legislation on Administrative Procedure

B. The Second Period: 1945-1960

C. General and Sector-Specific Rules

III. Legal Sources for Administrative Procedure

A. Constitutional Principles

B. Other Legal Sources

IV. The Polish and the Austrian Administrative Procedure Legislation

A. A Long-Standing Influence

B. Explicit Jurisprudential and Academic References

A. Preliminary Investigation and Fact-Finding

D. The Available Remedies

A. Authorisations and Licences.

B. Disciplinary Procedure for a Civil Servant

8. Administrative Procedure in Former Yugoslavia and the Austrian Administrative Procedure Act

A. The First Period: The Kingdom of Yugoslavia (1930-1945)

B. The Interim Period: The Formal Absence of a Law on Administrative Procedure (1945-1956)

C. The Third Period: The (Socialist) Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (1956-1970)

D. The Institutional and Political Context: A Synthesis

E. Variety of Legal Cultures

F. Sector-Specific Rules and the General AVG

B. Other Legal Sources for Administrative Procedure

IV. The Yugoslav and the Austrian Administrative Procedure Legislation

A. Was There a Legislative 'Reception'?

C. The Requirement to Give Reasons

D. The Available Administrative and Judicial Remedies

B. Expropriation Procedure

C. Administrative Planning

VII. A Shared Administrative Culture

9. The Hungarian Legislation on Administrative Procedure

II. Background: History and Constitutional Provisions

A. The Institutional and Political Context of the Administrative Procedure Act

B. The Legal Regime of Public Administration

C. General and Sector-Specific Procedural Norms

D. Constitutional Principles on Administrative Procedure

E. Other Fundamental Rules

III. The Relationship between the Austrian and Hungarian Legal Systems

A. Legislation.

B. Jurisprudential and Explicit Academic References

IV. Similarity and Diversity in Administrative Procedure

B. Disciplinary Procedure for a Civil Servant

C. Expropriation Procedure

VI. A Common Administrative Culture

10. The Austrian Legislation on Administrative Procedure: A View from Germany

II. The German Debate on the Codification of an Administrative Procedural Law

III. References to the Austrian Model

A. The Background: Commonality and Diversity

B. Explicit References to the Austrian Model

IV. Administrative Procedure in Germany

B. The Dismissal of a Civil Servant

VI. Personal Relations

VII. Conclusion

11. The Spanish Model of Administrative Procedure (APA 1889/APA 1958)

I. Introduction: The Rise of Administrative Procedure in the Nineteenth Century

A. Procedural Requirements for a New and Powerful Administration

B. Old States and Empires: An Accumulated Experiences of 'Administrative Organisation'

C. The Flowering of Procedural Requirements

D. The General Act of Administrative Procedure of 1889

E. A Comparative Overview of the Spanish APA of 1889 and the Austrian APA of 1925

II. The Spanish APA of 1958

A. The Birth of a New Administrative Procedure Act: APA of 1958

B. The Main Features of the APA of 1958

C. The Dialogue between Acts (1889-1958)

D. The Search for a Greater Degree of Uniformity in Administrative Procedure: Some Solutions in the 1958 APA

E. The Later Spanish APAs: 1992 and 2015

III. A Comparative Perspective on the Austrian APA of 1925 and the Spanish APA of 1958

A. Different Historical and Political Backgrounds.

B. Different Statutory Precedents.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Other Format:

Print version: della Cananea, Giacinto The Austrian Codification of Administrative Procedure

ISBN:

0-19-190439-2

0-19-263774-6

0-19-263775-4