Objectives and competences
To enable students to understand basic principles of state administration (government), public administration, public servant system and protection of legal rights.
After taking the course, students should be able to understand the most important legal principles of functioning of the executive branch.
Content (Syllabus outline)
1. Administrative law
• Introduction in understanding of the public sector
• Public and administrative law
• Activities of administration
• Administrative procedural law
• Administrative procedural law
• The concept of general administrative procedure
• Decision-making bodies (3 types)
• Administrative matter (concept, direct, alternative, mutatis mutandis)
• Basic principles (9 principles)
• Officials and responsibilities of officials (3 types)
• Parties and their representation
• Major procedural institutes of general administrative procedure
• Conduct of the special declaratory and summary administrative procedure
• Decision, types of decisions
• Finality and finality of an administrative decision
• Appeal and grounds of appeal
• Extraordinary remedies
• Legal and administrative acts
• Substantial acts of administration
2. Public administration
• Definition of the public sector and public administration
• State administration
• Organization of the government and ministries
• Functions of the government and ministries
• Territorial organization of the state
administration
• Local communities
• Public mandate
• Economic and noneconomic public services
• Concession agreements
• Public private partnerships
• Public functionaries and civil servants
• Definition of the public functionaries
• Definition of the public servants
• System of salaries for public servants and public functionaries
Learning and teaching methods
The course will be conducted in the form of lectures and individual as well as group work during exercises.
Intended learning outcomes - knowledge and understanding
The course is designed to provide understanding, of major concepts of the, public administration and administrative law and administrative procedure.
Student will understand who public functionaries are and who are public servants are. Student will understand state and local organization in state and local administrative bodies.
Intended learning outcomes - transferable/key skills and other attributes
Through case studies and experiential exercises, the course enables students to develop skills necessary for future work and understanding of operations of modern public administration.
Readings
OBVEZNA:
• Tičar, B. (2022). Uvod v razumevanje upravnega prava in javne uprave (1. ponatis 1. izd.). Univerzitetna založba Univerze v Mariboru.
DODATNA:
• Tičar, B. (2011). Ignorantia iuris nocet – nepoznavanje prava škoduje: spremljevalec za razumevanje osrednjih pojmov prava in države. Inštitut za lokalno samoupravo in javna naročila.
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