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Title
Legitimacy in European administrative law : reform and reconstruction / edited by Matthias Ruffert.
Published
Groningen : Europa Law Pub., 2011.
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KJC5571.A6 D67 2011
ISBN
9789089520982
9089520988
9089520988
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xv, 360 pages ; 24 cm.
System Control No.
(OCoLC)662402472
Note
"This volume comprises the results of the third Workshop of the Dornburg Research Group of New Administrative Law which took place in Paris in October 2009"--Back cover.
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Includes bibliographical references.
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Table of Contents
Acknowledgements
v
Contents
vii
Introduction
ch. 1
Legitimacy in Administrative Law: Reform and Reconstruction / Pascale Gonod
1
1.
General Remarks
3
1.1.
Claim (or Expectation)
3
1.2.
Decomposition
4
2.
Forms of Legitimacy
4
2.1.
Deepening of Democratic Legitimacy
4
2.2.
Development of Participative Legitimacy
4
2.3.
A Procedural Legitimacy?
6
Legitimacy and Accountability as a Basis for Administrative Organisation and Activity
ch. 2
Legitimacy in Administrative Law? A French Perspective / Jacques Caillosse
9
1.
Understanding the Question
11
11.1.
What Does `Legitimacy' Actually Mean?
11
1.1.1.
On the Uncertain Legal Status of Legitimacy
12
1.1.2.
The Variety of Forms and Types of Legitimacy
13
1.1.3.
Historic Roots and Contingency of Legitimacy
13
1.2.
Administrative Law on the Issue of Legitimacy
14
1.2.1.
Discourse on Legitimacy
15
1.2.2.
Questioning Legitimacy in other Ways
15
1.2.3.
Mechanisms for Providing Legitmacy
16
1.3.
Conclusions on `Legitimacy in Administrative Law'
16
1.3.1.
Distinction between Legitimacy of Administrative Law and of Administration
17
1.3.2.
Interdependence of Administrative Law and Power
17
2.
What Response(s) are Provided by French Administrative Law?
18
2.1.
From Legitimation through Law...
19
2.1.1.
Material or Functional Analysis
21
2.1.2.
Legitimacy on a Constitutional Basis
21
2.2.
...to de-Legitimation through Management?
24
3.
Potential Developments
25
ch. 3
People as `Users' and `Citizens' The Quest for Legitimacy in British Public Administration / Andrew Le Sueur
27
1.
Introduction
29
1.1.
Outline
29
1.2.
Concepts of Legitimacy
30
2.
The British Constitutional Context
31
2.1.
Power from `We, the people' in Britain?
31
2.2.
Two Spheres of Legitimacy: the Micro and the Macro
32
3.
Is there a Legitimacy Crisis in Britain?
33
4.
Micro Legitimacy in the Individual Sphere: Users
36
4.1.
The User Perspective Agenda
36
4.2.
The `Principles of Good Administration' Agenda
39
5.
Macro Legitimacy in the Collective Sphere: Participation
40
5.1.
Identification of Problems and Policy Formation (Stages 1 and 2)
42
5.2.
Providing Legal Authority for Policy (Stage 3)
45
5.3.
Questions of Institutional Design
45
6.
Closing Comments
48
ch. 4
Legitimacy and Accountability as a Basis for Administrative Organisation and Activity in Germany / Eberhard Schmidt-Aßmann
49
1.
Introduction
51
2.
What is State Authority (`Staatsgewalt')?
52
3.
What is People (`Volk')?
52
4.
What does `Derives' (`geht aus') Mean?
53
4.1.
Personal Legitimation
54
4.2.
Substantial Legitimation
54
5.
The Idea of a Sufficient Level of Legitimacy (`Legitimationsniveau')
55
6.
Some Current Problems
55
6.1.
Independent Agencies
55
6.2.
Privatization
56
7.
Perspectives: Legitimacy and Accountability in European Context
56
ch. 5
Legitimacy and Accountability in Italian Administrative Law. A Critical Analysis / Giacinto della Cananea
59
1.
Distingue Frequenter
61
2.
The Legitimacy of Administrative Action: Three Constitutional Models
62
3.
`Power from the People' Rhetoric and Reality
64
4.
The Obsession for Legality and its Drawbacks
66
5.
From Legality to Legitimacy: The General Principles of Law
69
6.
Procedural Legitimacy
71
7.
Accountability as Responsibility
73
8.
Accountability, Performance and Transparency
75
9.
Institutional Constraints on Political Power: Independent Authorities
77
10.
Accountable to None? Public-Private Corporations
79
ch. 6
The Legitimacy of the Administration in Spain / Francisco Velasco Caballero
81
1.
Administration, Democracy and the Constitution
83
1.1.
Methodological Plan
83
1.2.
Spanish Public Administration
84
1.2.1.
Pre-constitutional Administration
85
1.2.2.
The Constitutional Administration
87
2.
The Diversity of Legitimacy Arguments: Law, Political Theory and Administrative Science
89
2.1.
Political Theory: the Concept of Democracy
89
2.2.
Administrative Science: Effectiveness and Participation
90
3.
Levels of Constitutional Legitimacy
92
4.
Forms of Legitimacy
94
4.1.
Legality as a Criteria of Legitimacy
94
4.2.
Parliamentary Control
96
4.3.
Citizen Participation
98
4.4.
Submission to the Direction of Government
101
4.5.
Objectivity and Efficacy in the Service of the General Interest
102
5.
Special Analysis of some Types and Forms of Administration
106
5.1.
Independent Administrations
106
5.2.
Corporate Administration
110
5.3.
Mixed Administration
112
5.4.
Local Administration
113
ch. 7
Legitimacy Issues in Administrative Law. Historical Approach, Constitutional Approach, Fact-Finding Approach to Responsibility from a Swedish Perspective / Gunilla Edelstam
115
1.
Introduction
117
2.
Legitimacy and Monarchy
118
2.1.
Legitimacy of the King in Ancient Times
118
2.2.
Legitimacy of the King Today
120
2.3.
Legitimacy at the Decline of the Power of the Monarchy
122
3.
Legitimacy and Democratic Constitution
123
3.1.
Introduction
123
3.2.
Legislation and Legitimacy
124
3.2.1.
The Constitution on Legislation
124
3.2.2.
Control of Legislation
125
3.2.3.
Legitimacy Issues
126
3.2.3.1.
Commitment of the MP
127
3.2.3.2.
Framework Legislation
128
3.2.3.3.
The Quantity of Legislation
129
3.2.3.4.
Respect for Fundamental Rights of the Citizens
130
3.2.3.4.1.
Strong Protection
130
3.2.3.4.2.
Weak Protection
131
3.2.3.4.3.
No Protection
131
3.3.
Application and Legitimacy
134
3.3.1.
The Constitution on Issues of Application
134
3.3.2.
Control of Application
136
3.3.3.
Legitimacy Issues
137
3.3.3.1.
Rule of Law and Fair Procedure
137
3.3.3.2.
Jurisdiction or Administration?
138
4.
Legitimacy and Facts
139
4.1.
Introduction: Questions of Law and Questions of Facts
139
4.1.1.
Questions of Law
139
4.1.2.
Questions of Discretion
140
4.1.3.
Questions of Facts
140
4.1.4.
Methods
140
4.2.
Fact-Finding
141
4.2.1.
Burden of Proof
143
4.2.2.
Duty to Investigate
143
4.2.3.
Standard of Proof
144
4.3.
Responsibility
145
5.
Concluding Remarks
151
Core Issues of Legitimate Administration in Europe
ch. 8
The History of Legitimate Administration in Europe / Juli Ponce Sole
155
1.
Introduction
157
2.
The Bureaucratic Paradigm
158
3.
New Public Management
160
4.
Governance
161
5.
Quality of Administrative Action: The Right to Good Administration and Procedural Legitimacy
162
6.
Quality of Administrative Action
166
7.
Good Administration and Good Governance: Administration and Democratic Legitimacy
168
ch. 9
Democracy, Legitimacy and Accountability is there a Common European Theoretical Framework? / Roberto Caranta
175
1.
Foreword
177
2.
The Democratic Nation-State and its Administration
179
3.
The Weak Spots in the Paradigm
181
4.
Improvements to the Paradigm or an Alternative Paradigm?
184
5.
Shortcomings of the New Paradigm and of some of its Institutions and their Cure
187
6.
The Quest for Legitimacy and Accountability in the EU
189
7.
Conclusions
195
ch. 10
Legitimacy in Administrative Law: European Union / Paul Craig
197
1.
Formal Legitimacy
199
2.
Legitimacy and Legal Accountability
201
2.1.
Availability of Judicial Review
201
2.2.
Targeting Judicial Review
205
3.
Legitimacy and Political Accountability
208
4.
Legitimacy and Substantive/Output Accountability
208
4.1.
The CAP and the Structural Funds
209
4.2.
Utilities Regulation
210
5.
Conclusion
215
ch. 11
Historical and Prospective Views on Comparative Law as a Tool to Build a Framework for Legitimacy in Europe / Susana de la Sierra
217
1.
Introduction: The Transformation of Administrative Law as a Transformation of Powers
219
2.
Administrative Law through Time from a Comparative Perspective: A Tentative Chronology
222
2.1.
The Precedents of Administrative Law
223
2.2.
The `French Legal Empire' as a Model of Reference
225
2.3.
The Administrative Law of the Welfare State and the Incorporation of other `Foreign Elements'
226
2.4.
Globalisation as a North American Approach
228
3.
Some Questions for the Comparative Analysis
230
3.1.
The Particular Forces of Specific Legal Orders: The Concept of `Legal Diplomacy'
230
3.2.
Globalisation of Language, Globalisation of Concepts?
230
3.3.
The Import of Legal Concepts and the Assumption of Political and Constitutional Contexts
231
4.
What Legitimacy?
232
5.
A Look into the Future: Farewell to the Weberian Administration?
233
ch. 12
The Legitimacy of Administration: German Ideas and how they are Received in France / Patrice Chretien
235
1.
A German View of the Question of Democratic Legitimation of the Administration in France
241
1.1.
`In France, the question of democratic legitimation of the administration is not really discussed'
241
1.2.
`In practice, democratic legitimation of the administration is nonetheless fragile...'
243
2.
The German Theory of Democratic Legitimation of Administration
245
2.1.
General Observations
246
2.2.
The Fragility of the Democratic Principle
248
ch. 13
Problems of Legitimacy in Contracting-Out and Privatisation / Catherine Donnelly
251
1.
Introduction
253
2.
Experience of Contracting-Out in the UK and Ireland
254
2.1.
UK
254
2.2.
Ireland
255
3.
Input Legitimacy
256
3.1.
Constitutional Legitimacy
256
3.1.1.
The UK
256
3.1.2.
Ireland
257
3.2.
Democratic Legitimacy
259
3.2.1.
Direct Participatory Democracy
259
3.2.2.
Indirect Participatory Democracy
259
3.2.3.
Liberal Democracy
260
3.2.4.
Civic Republican Democracy
262
3.2.5.
Public Choice Democracy
263
3.2.6.
Policy-Making/Policy-Implementation
264
4.
Output Legitimacy
264
4.1.
Efficiency and Effectiveness
264
4.1.1.
Managerial Explanations for Efficiency and Effectiveness
265
4.1.2.
Political Explanations for Efficiency and Effectiveness
267
4.1.3.
Ensuring Efficiency and Effectiveness
268
4.2.
Accountability
270
4.2.1.
Political Accountability
270
4.2.2.
Legal Accountability
271
4.2.2.1.
The Need for Public Law Accountability
272
4.2.2.2.
Public Law in the UK
275
4.2.2.3.
Public Law in Ireland
278
5.
Enhancing Legitimacy of Contracting Out and Privatisation
280
6.
Conclusion
281
ch. 14
Legitimacy: From Politics to Expertise and Public Opinion? / Dawn Oliver
283
1.
Introduction
285
2.
Politics, Politicians and Legitimacy
286
3.
The UK Experience
287
3.1.
The Regulation of Politicians' Decision Making
287
3.2.
Depoliticisation and the Immunisation of Decisions from Politics
289
3.3.
The Balancing of Participation and the Public Interest
291
3.4.
A Case Study: The UK Planning Act 2008
292
4.
Why the Difference between the UK and other Countries?
293
5.
Constitutional Narratives
294
6.
Political Style, Culture and Traditions
298
7.
Summary and Conclusions
298
ch. 15
Legitimacy and Accountability: Integration and Compensation / Athanasios Gromitsaris
301
1.
Introduction: Structures and Descriptions of European Integration
303
1.1.
Structural Tensions
303
1.2.
Descriptions and Normative Standards
305
2.
Thesis
309
3.
The Institutionalization of Cooperation, Competition and (Mutual-) Control of the Agents of European Integration
310
3.1.
Institutional Balance and Hierarchy of Norms
311
3.2.
Comitology and Delegated Legislation
312
3.3.
Creation of Institutions
313
3.4.
Informality and Illegality
316
4.
Institutionalization of the Tension between Information and Resources
317
4.1.
Uncertainty and Dependence
317
4.2.
Information Gathering and Monitoring
318
4.3.
Management of Resources, Budgets, and Government Control
319
5.
Generating Confidence through Institutionalizing Distrust
321
5.1.
Mutual and Reflexive Supervision Processes
321
5.2.
Rules on Correct Rule Application
323
5.3.
EMU Conditionality, `Vincolo Esterno' and Conflict of Legitimacies
325
6.
Institutionalization of the Tension between Person and Institution
326
6.1.
Rationales for Participation
326
6.2.
Feelings of Right and Legal Enforceability
327
6.3.
Union Citizenship: A Surprise Package
328
6.4.
Public Scrutiny and `Transcendence'
329
7.
The Role of Judicial Review
331
7.1.
Principles Necessary in a Democratic Society
331
7.2.
Keeping Authorities within Legal Bounds
332
7.3.
Proportionality: The EU as an Amorphous Sand-Heap of Market Participants? The Tension between Market-Oriented Liberties and Democratically Legitimated National Institutions
333
7.4.
Rights to effective Judicial Remedies for the Citizen in the Context of Integrated Administration
335
8.
Legal Practical and Institutional Rationality
338
8.1.
Practical Rationality of Legal Institutions and Rationality of Sciences
338
8.2.
Agent Sensitive Institutions and Interest Group Representative Democracy
341
8.3.
Institutional Linkages and the Channels of Democratic Input in the EU
342
8.4.
Calculability and External Enforcement of Expectations
343
8.5.
Accountability and Law
344
8.6.
Administration as Market Economy and Routinized Charismatic Authority
345
9.
Conclusion: Belief in the Rational Resolvability of the Guiding Tensions Underlying the Nexus of Law and Politics as Legitimacy
346
9.1.
Hierarchy, Heterarchy, Synarchy, Polyarchy and Polycephalous Physiognomy of the EU
346
9.2.
Accountability to `idees directrices', and Guiding Tensions
347
Results and Perspectives
ch. 16
Comparative Perspectives of Administrative Legitimacy / Matthias Ruffert
351
1.
The Legal Meaning of Legitimacy in Administrative Law
353
1.1.
Legitimacy in Legal Terminology
353
1.2.
Legitimacy between Constitutional and Administrative Law
353
1.3.
Legitimacy and its Plethoric Terminology
355
2.
Legitimacy, the Democratic Principle, and beyond
356
2.1.
Legitimacy and Forms of Government
356
2.2.
Legitimacy and the Democratic Principle
357
2.2.1.
Democratic Legitimacy
357
2.2.1.1.
Strict Approaches
357
2.2.1.2.
Participatory Broadening
357
2.2.2.
Legitimacy beyond Democracy
358
2.2.2.1.
The Role of the Output
358
2.2.2.2.
Good Administration
358
2.2.3.
Some Instances of Compromise
359
3.
Unfolding Legitimacy in Administrative Law
359
4.
Legitimacy Controlled
360
5.
Conclusion
360