French Administrative Law

Part 1 The constitutional and administrative background: the constitution - the division of powers le Conseil Constitutionnel droit administratif modern administration le mediateur local government the civil service. Part 2 The administrative courts: the birth of autonomous administrative courts coping with overload integrating administrative justice other administrative jurisdictions. Part 3 The structure and membership of the courts: the structure of the Conseil d'Etat the membership of the Conseil d'Etat recruitment to the Conseil d'Etat the career structure within the administrative courts. Part 4 The procedure of the courts: commencement of proceedings instruction rapport seance d'instruction aupres du Conseil d'Etat commissaire du gouvernement judgment the execution appeal or cassation special procedures adjournment for preliminary ruling general observations. Part 5 The jurisdiction of the courts: the basic texts the search for a criterion the guiding principle the principal exceptions conflicts procedure - the Tribunal des Conflicts. Part 6 The conditions precedent for judicial review: the nature of the act under review the rule of the prior decision the locus standi of the plaintiff the absence of parallel relief the time limit for commencing proceedings exclusion of judicial review. Part 7 The substantive law - the principle of administrative liability: categories of litigation before the courts criticism of the traditional classification administrative legality and administrative liability the liability of the administration administrative torts liability without fault - theory of risk administrative contracts general observations. Part 8 The substantive law - the principle of administrative legality: the content of the principle of legality les principes generaux du droit grounds for review cassation the extent of judicial review general observation. Part 9 The influence of droit administratif outside France: Belgium the Netherlands Italy Germany Greece the Court of Justics of the European Communities French law and Community law in conflict. Part 10 Conclusions: the character and success of the French system merits of the French system defects of the system final assessment.