Abstract
Abstract
The Austrian Administrative Procedure Act was influenced by the constitutional concept of Hans Kelsen with its accent on the rule of law (Rechtsstaat) on the one hand and the jurisprudence of the Austrian Administrative Court on the other. It was seen in Germany rather as a restriction of discretionary power of the administration. In the German Federal State, a central State’s regulation of administrative procedure would have been difficult. The Prussian model of self-government under rule of law, developed in the 1870s–1880s by Rudolf Gneist, provided for a mixture of self-government, formalised administrative procedures, and administrative jurisdiction on the local (second-tier) level. After the Second World War, administrative jurisdiction had priority over administrative procedure.
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Oxford University PressOxford
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