The Role of Expertise in the Development of Administrative Decisions During the Health Crisis in France A Legal Perspective on the Year 2020
The Role of Expertise in the Development of Administrative Decisions During the Health Crisis in France A Legal Perspective on the Year 2020

Summary/Abstract: This study explores the critical role played by expertise in shaping administrative decisions during France's health crisis in 2020. It examines how expert input informed government policy during the COVID-19 pandemic, focusing on both traditional and ad-hoc expert committees such as the High Authority of Health (HAS), the High Council for Public Health (HCSP), and the specially convened Scientific Council. The research provides an in-depth legal analysis of the state of health emergency, the emergence of specialized expert bodies, and the interaction between administrative expertise and legislative actions, primarily through the Conseil d’État and administrative judiciary. The study concludes that expertise, despite facing occasional criticism, was instrumental in producing coherent and effective administrative norms and policies during an unprecedented public health emergency.

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