Study:	Public administration - 3. semester
Code:	111398
ECTS:	5.0
Course coordinators:	prof. Jasna Omejec prof. dr. sc. Lana Ofak prof. dr. sc. Frane Staničić prof. dr. sc. Marko Šikić izv. prof. dr. sc. Mateja Held izv. prof. dr. sc. Marko Turudić

Literature:

Borković, Ivo; Upravno pravo; Narodne novine (2002), str. GLAVA I. (samo točka 1.), GLAVA II. (točke 1. i. 4.), GLAVE III.-VI. i GLAVA XVII Ustav Republike Hrvatske; , str Ustavni zakon o Ustavnom sudu Republike Hrvatske; , str. čl. 35.-82 Zakon o pravu na pristup informacijama; , str Prezentacije s predavanja dostupne putem sustava za e-učenje Merlin; , str

Description:

The concept of administration. State administration vs. public administration. Legal determination of the state administrative body (authority) and features of the so-called organic holders (legal status of persons performing administrative activities). Origin and development of administrative law. Determination of administrative law. Relation of administrative law to other branches of law. Structure of administrative law. Legal norm of administrative law. The principle of constitutionality of administration. Principle of legality of administration. Modification of the principle of legality in extraordinary circumstances. Discretionary (free) assessment. Legal regime of an administrative act. Error of administrative act. Differences between administrative acts and other administrative acts (by-laws and individual acts outside formal administrative acts). Control of administration. The right to access information.

Cognitive Skills:

Knowledge and understanding

After successfully completing the course, students will be able to:

- define basic administrative law institutes;

- critically evaluate and recognise different types of by-laws;

- explain the origin of administrative law as a special branch of law;

- indicate different exponents of control over administration.

 

Application

After successfully completing the course, students will be able to:

- group and describe types of administrative acts and by-laws;

- understand the purpose of discretionary evaluation and its adequate application on legal order;

- apply special sources of administrative law in an appropriate manner in individual cases.

 

Analysis

After successfully completing the course, students will be able to:

- analyse consequences of illegal administrative acts (f.e. revoking or voidance of decisions)

- distinguish individual acts that contain a discretionary evaluation from those in which all party of act are closely connected;

- compare the manner of passing by-laws and analyse legality of their making;

- analyse the significance of right of access to information and its availability to citizens.

 

Synthesis

After successfully completing the course, students will be able to:

- construct solution of problems that occur due to the application of different laws and by-laws which are not adjusted by the application of hierarchy of rules and institutes (such as exception of illegality, abolition of application of an act and so on)

- distribute the roles of individual public administration exponents (f.e. Constitutional Court, citizens, ombudsman etc.)

- reexamine the application of appropriate administrative law sources in a concrete case

- evaluate different cases of illegality that can occur in the activities of administration

- estimate regularity in the application of modifying the principle of legality in Croatian law (by Parliament, President)

 

Evaluation

After successfully completing the course, students will be able to:

- examine the adjustment of Croatian public administration with the principle of legality;

- compare connected administrative acts and acts that contain discretionary evaluation;

- assess the manner in which a certain administrative law relation occurred.

Practical and Generic Skills:

After successfullly mastering the course, students will be able to:

 

- express themselves in a clear and structured manner while presenting acquired learning outcomes;

- orally present learning outcomes;

- independently realise the right of access to information;

- argument their standpoints on administrative law issues.

Matching Assessments to Learning Outcomes:

Written examination (test of knowledge with open-ended questions and essay type questions) and oral examination for all learning outcomes.

Consultations schedule:

• prof. Jasna Omejec:

  Tuesday from 18:30 to 20:00

  Location: Ćirilometodska 4, room 10 / prizemno
• prof. dr. sc. Lana Ofak:

  Mondays from 11:15-12:30PM

  Location: Ćirilometodska 4, room 3/prizemno
• prof. dr. sc. Frane Staničić:

  Tuesdays from 10:30AM-12PM

  Location: Ćirilometodska 4, room 11/prizemno
• prof. dr. sc. Marko Šikić:

  Wdenesdays from 4PM-5:30PM

  Location: Ćirilometodska 4, room 25, I. kat
• izv. prof. dr. sc. Marko Turudić:

  Wednesdays, 9.30 -11AM.

  Location: Ćirilometodska 4, room 40A/potkrovlje