Revisiting international administrative law as a legal discipline

• Published in: Zbornik Pravnog fakulteta Sveučilišta u Rijeci (1991) Vol. 39; no. 3; pp. 1237 - 1258
• Main Author: Handrlica, Jakub
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: University of Rijeka, Faculty of Law 2019
• Subjects: acta iure imperii; international administrative law; jurisdictional immunity of the State; mutual recognition of foreign administrative acts; qualification problem
• ISSN: 1330-349X; 1846-8314
• DOI: 10.30925/zpfsr.39.3.5

The term “international administrative law” is understood in two separate ways. On one hand, the authors (diritto internazionale amministrativo) used this term regarding the administrative competencies of various international administrative unions, as provided by applicable international conventions. On the other hand, other authors (e.g. Karl Neumeyer, Paul Négulescu, Giuseppe Biscottini) used the term to exclusively refer to the norms of national law (diritto amministrativo internazionale, droit administratif international, internationales Verwaltungsrecht), which address certain foreign elements. This article follows the second understanding of the term “international administrative law.” For a long time, these norms had been quite rare in administrative law and, consequently, the legal scholarship did not pay much attention to the discipline of international administrative law. However, most recently, the sources of EU law increasingly require reflection of certain foreign elements in the norms of administrative law. In this respect, this article argues that international administrative law represents a legal discipline that is fully capable of addressing those problems arising by the application of these norms in administrative law.
Značenje naziva „međunarodno upravno pravo“ se do sada interpretiralo na dva načina. S jedne strane su autori koristili taj naziv (diritto internazionale amministrativo) odnoseći se na upravne kompetencije različitih međunarodnih upravnih udruženja, kako je predviđeno mjerodavnim međunarodnim konvencijama. Drugi su autori (npr. Karl Neumeyer, Paul Négulescu, Giuseppe Biscottini) taj naziv koristili isključivo odnoseći se na norme nacionalnog prava (diritto amministrativo internazionale, droit administratif international, internationales Verwaltungsrecht), koje su uključivale neke strane elemente. U ovom se radu naziv „međunarodno upravno pravo“ interpretira prema potonjem značenju. Činjenica jest da su te norme bile iznimno rijetke u upravnom pravu, zbog čega pravna znanost nije posvećivala previše pozornosti disciplini međunarodnog upravnog prava. No, u posljednje vrijeme izvori prava Europske unije sve više zahtijevaju razmatranje određenih stranih elemenata u normama upravnog prava. U tom se pogledu u ovom radu zauzima stav da je međunarodno upravno pravo pravna disciplina koja može riješiti probleme nastale primjenom navedenih normi upravnog prava.