NOM122: Administrative Law

The purpose of this Thematic Unit is to examine the structure of Administrative Law and the basic principles that govern it. It begins with the study of the establishment of the Supreme Constitutional Court and its subsequent unification with the Supreme Court due to the law of necessity, while analyzing the course of administrative law to date, and concludes with the establishment of the Administrative Court. The case law of the Supreme Constitutional Court, the Supreme Court and the Administrative Court is examined in this regard under Article 146 of the Constitution (constitutional regulation introducing the administrative appeal in the Cypriot legal system). The Administrative Act and its meaning are then examined, its distinction into individual and regulatory, as well as its other distinction into simple and complex under Article 146 of the Constitution. Next, the legal interest is considered, the deadline as defined in Article 146 of the Constitution and various other issues of the nature of the contested act (preliminary rulings). Next follows an analysis of the Law on the General Principles of Administrative Law, i.e. Law 158 (I) / 1999, and in particular some basic principles defined in it such as: the principle of legality, the principle of proportionality, the principle of equality, the principle of good administration, the principle of impartiality of the administration and the principle of good faith. In addition, extensive reference is made to the appeal process.