Academic Year/course:
2020/21
8075 - Master in European and Global Law
32634 - European and Global Administrative Law
Información de la Guía Docente
Academic Course:
2020/21
Academic Center:
807 - Masters Centre of the Department of Law
Study:
8075 - Master in European and Global Law
Subject:
32634 - European and Global Administrative Law
Credits:
4.0
Course:
1
Teaching languages:
Teachers:
Oriol Mir Puigpelat, Clara Isabel Velasco Rico
Teaching Period:
First Quarter
Schedule:
Presentation
This course aims to present the basic features and principles of European Administrative law and to provide the tools and analytical techniques to understand the concept of Global Administrative Law (GAL).
In order to reach this goal, a progressive bottom-up approach is adopted: after introducing the basic features and principles of national Administrative law and reflecting on the impact economic globalization and Europeanization has had on national sovereignty and on domestic Administrative law, the key elements of European Administrative law are studied – since the European Union is the most advanced example of supranational Administrative law.
The second part of the course is devoted to Global Administrative Law as such. It first focuses on the emergence and development of this phenomenon, its scope, its actors and the values that inform it. Afterwards it examines how GAL has changed national administrations and the administrative procedure. A list of topics includes: the role of national administrations in enforcing GAL, transparency, public participation in administrative procedures and accountability of public decisions.
This course is addressed to students interested in learning how administrative law has dealt with globalization and the emergence of a new law area.
Prerequisites
None, although a basic background on Administrative Law is recommended.
Contents
1st session
- Basic features and principles of Administrative law at national level (1): concept, Constitutional foundations and general principles
2nd session
- Basic features and principles of Administrative law at national level (2): administrative organization, procedure, action and control
3rd session
- Economic globalization, Europeanization and its impact on national sovereignty and on domestic Administrative law
4th session
- Basic features and principles of European Administrative law (1): emergence, scope and actors
5th session
- Basic features and principles of European Administrative law (2): forms of action and administrative procedure
6th session
- Basic features and principles of European Administrative law (3): control of administrative action, liability and access to documents
7th session
- Introduction: The concept of Global Administrative Law (GAL) and its emergence. The scope of GAL and its sources
8th session
- Who is developing GAL? The actors and their roles: States, firms, NGOs, and other global actors
9th session
- Values of GAL (I) - Balancing different interests through transparency and accountability
10th session
- Values of GAL (II) - Democracy and GAL
11th session
- Guest speaker. Prof. Dr. J.B. Auby. Emeritus prof. of SciencesPO (Paris)
12th session
Teaching Methods
Course materials include Spanish, European and US case law and legal scholarship in Spanish and English.
The sessions will consist of an introduction of the topic and main issues by the professor, followed by a class discussion on the basis of the readings assigned.
The readings will include doctrinal articles and case law.
Attendance is required to at least 80% of sessions.
Every student is expected to devote 4 hours per week in the preparation of classes.
Students will need at least 20 hours to prepare and complete the final essay.
Evaluation
60% of the final grade will be based on an essay dealing with some of the issues discussed during the lectures and participation in class discussions will correspond to 40% of the grade.
In case the essay will not reach the minimum quality requirements, a second essay will be needed.
Bibliography and information resources
Bibliography for the first part of the course:
- Craig, P., EU Administrative Law, 3rd ed., Oxford University Press, 2018
- Craig, P. et al., ReNEUAL Model Rules on EU Administrative Procedure, Oxford University Press, 2017 (Spanish version: Mir Puigpelat, O. et al., Código ReNEUAL de procedimiento administrativo de la Unión Europea, INAP, 2015. Text available here: http://reneual.eu/images/Home/codigoreneualdeprocedimientoadministrativodelaue.pdf)
- Fuentetaja Pastor, J.Á., Derecho Administrativo Europeo, 4th ed., Civitas Thomson Reuters, 2020
- Harlow, C.; Leino-Sandberg, P.; della Cananea, G. (eds.), Research Handbook on EU Administrative Law, Elgar, 2017
- Hofmann, H.C.H; Rowe, G.C; Türk, A.H., Administrative Law and Policy of the European Union, Oxford University Press, 2011
- Mir Puigpelat, O., Globalización, Estado y Derecho. Las transformaciones recientes del Derecho Administrativo, Civitas, 2004
- Schmidt-Aßmann, E.; Molnár-Gábor, F., “European Administrative Law”, in: Max Planck Encyclopedia of Public International Law, Oxford University Press, 2019
Bibliography for the second part of the course:
- Anthony, G.; Auby, J.-B.; Morison, J.; Zwart, T. (eds.), Values in Global Administrative Law, Hart, 2011
- Auby, J.-B., La Globalización, el Derecho y el Estado, Global Law Press, 2012
- Barnes, J. (ed.), Transforming Administrative Procedure, Global Law Press, 2008
- Cassese, S. (ed.). Research Handbook on Global Administrative Law, Elgar, 2016
- Cassese, S. “Global Standards for National Administrative Procedure”, 68 Law and Contemporary Problems 109-126 (Summer 2005). Text available here: https://scholarship.law.duke.edu/lcp/vol68/iss3/4/
- Cassese, S. “Is there a Global Administrative Law?”, in: Von Bogdandy, A. et al. (eds.), The Exercise of Public Authority by International Institutions, Springer, 2010
- Cassese, S., A World Government?, Global Law Press, 2018
- Kingsbury, B.; Krisch, N.; Stewart, R. B., “The Emergence of Global Administrative Law”, 68 Law and Contemporary Problems15-62 (Summer 2005). Text available here: https://scholarship.law.duke.edu/lcp/vol68/iss3/2/ (Spanish translation available at: https://derechopublico.uniandes.edu.co/components/com_revista/archivos/derechopub/pub87.pdf)
- Kingsbury, B.; Stewart, R. B., Hacia el Derecho Administrativo Global: fundamentos, principios y ámbito de aplicación, Global Law Press, 2016
- Stewart, R. B., “Addressing problems of disregard in global regulatory governance: accountability, participation and responsiveness”, IILJ Working Paper 2014/2, 2014. Text available here: https://www.iilj.org/publications/addressing-problems-of-disregards-in-global-regulatory-governance-accountability-participation-and-responsiveness/
- Von Bernstorff, J., “Procedures of Decision-Making and the Role of Law in International Organizations”, in: Von Bogdandy, A. et al.(eds.), The Exercise of Public Authority by International Institutions, Springer, 2010
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