Od metody k principům – jak aplikace zákazu zneužití práva správními soudy může pomoci s používáním analogie ve veřejném právu
From Method to Principles: How Administrative Courts’ Application of the Prohibition of Abuse of Rights Can Help Guide the Use of Analogy in Public Law

Summary/Abstract: The article argues that the judicial application of the abuse of rights doctrine in Czech administrative justice functions in many cases as teleological reduction: courts create an unwritten exception to an overly broad statutory text by appealing to the purpose and principles underlying the legal order. It highlights a tension between the broad acceptance of such reductions and the courts’ rhetorical aversion to analogy to the detriment of the addressee – despite case law that, in practice, occasionally relies on analogy. The paper proposes to move away from an a priori ban on detrimental analogy and to adopt a balancing test that weighs legal certainty, statutory reservation, and the enumerative principle against competing reasons (such as EU-conform interpretation and the protection of third parties). The aim is to achieve methodological consistency and transparent reasoning whenever courts fill gaps in public law.

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