French administrative courts

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French administrative courts are a specialized branch of the French judiciary responsible for resolving disputes involving public authorities and administrative law, distinct from the ordinary civil and criminal courts.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf administrative court system
branch of the French judiciary
allows appeals to higher administrative courts
appliesLaw French administrative law
canAnnul individual administrative decisions
regulatory acts
unlawful administrative acts
canIssue injunctions to public authorities
canOrder the administration to act
the administration to pay damages
canSuspend administrative decisions (référé-suspension)
cooperatesWith Court of Justice of the European Union
European Court of Human Rights
country France
develops French administrative case law
distinctFrom French civil courts
French criminal courts
French judiciary
surface form: French judicial courts
headedBy Conseil d'État, Paris
surface form: Conseil d’État
historicalDevelopment 19th-century consolidation of administrative justice
historicalRoot Conseil du Roi
includes Conseil d'État, Paris
surface form: Conseil d’État

Cour des comptes (for certain administrative litigation aspects)
national asylum court
surface form: Cour nationale du droit d’asile

administrative courts of appeal
specialized administrative courts
tribunaux administratifs
jurisdictionOver disputes involving administrative decisions
disputes involving civil servants
disputes involving public authorities
disputes involving public contracts
disputes involving public procurement
disputes involving taxation (administrative aspects)
disputes involving town planning decisions
regulatory acts of the administration
legalBasis Code de justice administrative
French Constitution
originatesFrom dualist structure of French courts
protects principle of legality of administrative action
rights of individuals against the administration
standardOfReview error of law
legality of administrative acts
manifest error of assessment
misuse of powers (détournement de pouvoir)
proportionality
subjectTo European Convention on Human Rights
European Union legal order
surface form: European Union law
topCourt Conseil d'État, Paris
surface form: Conseil d’État
usesProcedure inquisitorial procedure
written procedure as main mode

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French Conseil supérieur des tribunaux administratifs et des cours administratives d’appel appliesTo French administrative courts
subject surface form: Conseil supérieur des tribunaux administratifs et des cours administratives d’appel
this entity surface form: tribunaux administratifs
maîtres des requêtes presentIn French administrative courts
this entity surface form: French administrative justice system