The term “administrative jurisdiction” (Verwaltungsgerichtsbarkeit) does not appear in the sources until 1848. Although it is essentially only a Germanization of the Latinate expression Administrativjustiz (administrative judiciary), common in the pre-1848 period, administrative jurisdiction describes something fundamentally different: while the former term indicates the oversight of the actions of administrative authorities by other administrative authorities, true administrative jurisdiction exists only when this control is exercised by independent courts …
Administrative jurisdiction (816 words)
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Olechowski, Thomas, “Administrative jurisdiction”, in: Encyclopedia of Early Modern History Online, Editors of the English edition: Graeme Dunphy, Andrew Gow. Original German Edition: Enzyklopädie der Neuzeit. Im Auftrag des Kulturwissenschaftlichen Instituts (Essen) und in Verbindung mit den Fachherausgebern herausgegeben von Friedrich Jaeger. Copyright © J.B. Metzlersche Verlagsbuchhandlung und Carl Ernst Poeschel Verlag GmbH 2005–2012. Consulted online on 19 March 2024 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/2352-0272_emho_SIM_029720>
First published online: 2015
First print edition: 20160321
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