A S L 3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: Public Law, Judiciary, Legal Certainty
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9. 1 from police state to welfare state. Procedural rules for the use of public powers. Objection procedures and judicial protection against administrative action. Most countries have authorities specialized in certain subject areas, which often require specific technical knowledge and equipment. Nowadays, many administrative tasks are performed jointly by european and national authorities. Regional and national authorities often cooperate closely with the. Public law competences are the competence that are only exercised by public authorities. To avoid too high concentration of power, the competences of the government must be divided between legislature, administration and judiciary. In an ideal model of the democratic trias politica, the legislator is chosen by and is responsible to the people. The administration receives its powers only from the legislature. It then executes these powers and is controlled by independent courts. 9. 2 rule of law and the legality principle. The rule of law states that the state is, at all times, bound by the law.
