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General Principles of Law in Administrative Law under European Influence

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General Principles of Law in Administrative Law under European Influence


European Review of Private Law
Volume 20, Issue 2 (2012) pp. 381 – 407

https://doi.org/10.54648/erpl2012023



Abstract

Abstract: Since 1935, general principles of law have represented an important feature in the face of Dutch administrative law and its development. Dutch administrative courts have played and still play an important role in the development of these principles and in bringing them to life. Although the evolution of legal principles has, in the past, depended mainly on the decision-making of national administrative courts, today we can see a shift from national courts to the European ones. European influence whether it is influence of the Court of Justice of the European Union or of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) cannot be overlooked and has today a deep and indisputable impact on changes in the content of several national principles. In the last decade, we have also noted the emergence of a new type of normative standards - principles of good administration. All these changes are often reflected in existing national legal principles and the general principles of administrative law in the Netherlands are not an exception. Because of these reasons, we will discuss in the following article the essential features of the development of general principles of law in Dutch administrative law, while pinpointing the importance of European influences and the possible future of the principles.

Résumé: Depuis 1935, les principes généraux du droit ont représenté une caractéristique importante de l'aspect du droit administratif néerlandais et de son évolution.Les tribunaux administratifs néerlandais ont joué et jouent encore un role important dans le développement de ces principes et dans leur création. Quoique l´évolution des principes légaux dépendait autrefois principalement des décisions des cours administratives nationales, on peut voir aujourd´hui un changement de direction partant des tribunaux nationaux vers les tribunaux européens. L´influence européenne, que ce soit l´influence de la Cour de Justice de l´Union européenne ou de la Cour européenne des Droits de l´Homme, ne peut être ignoréeet elle a aujourd´hui un impact profond et incontestable sur les changements du contenu de plusieurs principes nationaux. Durant la dernière décennie, on a pu également remarquer l´émergence d´un nouveau type de modèle normatif - les principes de bonne administration. Tous ces changements se reflètent souvent dans les principes légaux nationaux existants, et les principes généraux de droit administratif aux Pays-Bas ne font pas figure d'exception. Pour ces raisons, nous discuterons dans cet article des aspects essentiels de l´évolution de principes généraux de droit en droit administratif néerlandais, tout en mettant l´accent sur l´importance des influences européennes et sur l´avenir possible de ces principes.


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