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Administrative Law

Dicey's Criticism on Driot Administratif  Written by: by: Firasat Firasat Rizwana Siddiqui

Dicey's Criticism on Driot Administratif  Driot Administratif is an Administrative Law System, wic was fo!!owin" in Frenc Law# Driot Administratif or Frenc Administrative Law were codes or ru!es tat were statute to determine te $owers, ro!es, duties and or"anization of %ub!ic administration tat inc!udes administrative a"encies and o&cia!s# e !aws a!so re"u!ated te re!ations of "enera! citizens of  te state and te administration of te state# Driot Administratif was te $art of Civi! Law System ca!!ed (nquisitoria! System, )derived from *a$o!eonic Code+, were court or te $art of court is active!y invo!ved in investi"atin" te facts of cases# (t was wide!y be!ieved tat it did not re$resent te $rinci$!e and ru!es !ay down by te Frenc $ar!iament but contained te codied ru!es and !aws deve!o$ed by te -ud"es of te administrative courts# Dicey as been one of te bi""est critics of Driot Administratif# .e wrote, /Driot Administratif is, in its content, utter!y un!i0e any branc of modern 1n"!is Law# For te term Driot Administratif, 1n"!is Le"a! $raseo!o"y su$$!ies no $ro$er equiva!ent2 (n 1n"!and and in countries wic, !i0e 3nited States, derive teir civi!ization from 1n"!is sources, te system of  administrative !aw and te very $rinci$!es u$on wic it rests, are in trut un0nown#/ 4 Dicey as been a rm be!iever in te ideo!o"y of /Ru!e of Law/, e stron"!y maintained tat ru!es and !aws sou!d be trou" /Su$reme Le"is!ature/ wic is /re"u!ated by understandin" of wic te ob-ect is to secure te conformity of te $ar!iament to te wi!! of te nation#/

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Administrative Law and Driot Administratif 6 A Com$arative Study wit " 1 (nstructive 7ode!/ 6 C# Sumner Lobin"ier (ntroduction to te Study of te Law of te Constitution 6 A#8# Dicey 2

criticized te system of Driot Administratif because tere were se$arate administrative tribuna!s for decidin" te cases between te "overnment and te citizens# .e maintained tat /equa!ity before te !aw/ and /te equa! sub-ections of a!! c!asses to te ordinary !aw / is te most si"nicant $oint in te /ru!e of !aw/# 9 .e debated on te fact tat it is uncommon and un0nown in !aw of 1n"!and tat tere sou!d be se$arate bodies to dea! wit te dis$utes in wic "overnment is concerned and to 0ee$ suc matters out of te si"t of common !aw# ut Dicey was factua!!y wron" in is ana!ysis# Wen e ta!0ed about te equa!ity before !aw, e i"nored te ma;im /te 0ind can do no wron"/ trou" wic te $rivi!e"es and immunities te crown and oter "overnment $ersona! en-oys# Dicey was initia!!y, !i0e te 1n"!is $eo$!e, re!uctant to ado$t tat Frenc mecanism of Administrative !aw# e misunderstood te actua! nature to te Frenc administrative system and "et te wron" im$ression about system tat it was desi"ned to $rotect te o&cia!s from te !iabi!ity of  teir acts# .e i"nored te fact te Driot Administratif is more e