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Законопроектът за административното правосъдие - първи идеи, дискусии и подготовка
The Administrative Justice Act – First Ideas, Discussions and Preparation

Author(s): Evgeni Yochev
Subject(s): Law, Constitution, Jurisprudence, History of Law, Administrative Law
Published by: Пловдивски университет »Паисий Хилендарски«
Keywords: administrative; justice; bill; draft; act; jurists; government
Summary/Abstract: The Administrative Justice Act, whose 100th anniversary is celebrated in 2012, marks the beginning of the modern administrative justice system in Bulgaria. The process of drafting the Act goes through two phases, which are distinct in their content and objectives. The first phase (July 1905 - July 1911) can be described as preparatory. The second phase (July 1911 - October 1911) covered the time of the actual preparation and drafting of the administrative justice bill. During the discussion of the bill, especially in the first reading, both the deputies of the government majority and those of the opposition noted the pressing necessity of the law, its importance in establishing the rule of law in the country, in curbing administrative arbitrariness and stabilizing the bureaucracy, in rooting out political partisanship and moralizing party mores.