What Can We Learn About Regulatory Agencies and Regulated Parties from the Empirical Study of Judicial Review of Regulatory Agencies’ Decisions? The Case of Croatia

• Autorzy: Ivana Bajakić , Veseljka Kos
• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

The purpose of this paper is to examine regulatory agencies and regulated parties in an empirical study of administrative disputes initiated against the decisions of regulatory agencies in Croatia. We first aim to provide an overview of the status and trend estimates regarding these disputes; second, to answer the question how well does the system work from the perspectives of both the plaintiffs and the regulatory agencies; third, to identify the problem areas and to compare these with problem areas identified by the authors studying the broader area of administrative judiciary in Croatia, and finally to compare efficiency level of regulatory agencies to other public authorities in confirming the legality of their decisions and actions. Data on all administrative disputes against 12 Croatian regulatory agencies’ decisions in the 17-year period between 1995 and 2011 are used to identify the main characteristics and trends relating to these disputes. Data for 2012 to 2013 was also examined to identify initial changes and emerging trends in the new administrative judiciary system resulting from fundamental legal reform as part of Croatia’s process of accession to the European Union in 2013. The results show these administrative disputes to be often costly and timely with modest outcome for the plaintiff and impressive success rate for the most of regulatory agencies.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

Administrative dispute; administrative judiciary; regulatory agency; judicial review; empirical study

• Wydawca: Sciendo
• Czasopismo: Central European Journal of Public Policy
• Rocznik: 2016
• Tom: 10
• Numer: 1
• Strony: 22-34

Daty

wydano

2016-05-01

otrzymano

2016-04-01

zaakceptowano

2016-05-19

online

2016-07-26

Twórcy

autor

Ivana Bajakić

• Faculty of Law University of Zagreb, Trg m. Tita 14, 10 000 Zagreb, Croatia,

autor

Veseljka Kos

• The High Administrative Court of the Republic of Croatia, Frankopanska 16, 10 000 Zagreb, Croatia,

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Identyfikatory

DOI

10.1515/cejpp-2016-0021