Limiting the executive power after the Second World War: the invention of administrative science

Mavrot, Céline (2021). Limiting the executive power after the Second World War: the invention of administrative science. International review of administrative sciences, 88(3), pp. 809-825. Sage 10.1177/0020852320985591

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This article analyses the emergence of an administrative science in France in the wake of World War II. The birth of this discipline is examined through the history of its founders, a group of comparatists aiming at developing universal administrative principles. The post-war context prompted the creation of checks and balances against administrative power (oversight of the legality of administrative action), and against the powers of nation states (human rights and international organisations). Administrative science and comparative law were meant to rebuild international relations. The history of this discipline highlights a legal project to redefine the role and limits of executive power at the dawn of the construction of a new world order.

Item Type:

Journal Article (Original Article)

Division/Institute:

11 Centers of Competence > KPM Center for Public Management

UniBE Contributor:

Mavrot, Céline Hélène Jeanne

Subjects:

300 Social sciences, sociology & anthropology > 320 Political science
300 Social sciences, sociology & anthropology > 350 Public administration & military science

ISSN:

0020-8523

Publisher:

Sage

Language:

English

Submitter:

Céline Mavrot

Date Deposited:

24 Mar 2021 11:22

Last Modified:

05 Dec 2022 15:46

Publisher DOI:

10.1177/0020852320985591

Uncontrolled Keywords:

administrative science; administrative law; comparative law; history of law; International Institute of Administrative Sciences (IIAS); France; pacifism; World War II

BORIS DOI:

10.48350/151695

URI:

https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/151695

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