Syllabus Information

1.1. Introduction

Brief Introduction to the subject

Administrative Law is the branch of Public Law that studies the organization and functions of Public Administrations and the relations between them and the citizens. The subject is structured in five thematic blocks and ten chapters:

1. First thematic block (chapter 1): Introduction and sources of Administrative Law, with special dedication to their role in the Spanish legal system as a whole, as well the European Union sources.
2. Second thematic block (chapters 2 to 4): The administrative organization. The essential characteristics of the legal-entities regulations are studied, both in its external action as in its internal organization, as well as its role in economic and social life.
3. Third thematic block (chapters 5 to 6): Administrative acts and common procedure.
4. Fourth thematic block (chapters 7 to 9): Guarantees of the citizen against the Administration (administrative appeals, contentious-administrative jurisdiction and state liability).
5. Fifth thematic block (chapter 10): Human resources in the Public Administrations: the Basic Statute of the Public Employee.

1.4. Activities and key dates

a)     Lectures in order to transfer the theorical knowledge of the subject based on the professor´s explanation.

b)     Problem solving and cases: Training activities, such as case study analysis, case law analysis, the study of jurisprudence, the drafting of forms and administrative documents, conferences and discussions, in which the students actively participate supervised by the professor.

c)     Non attendance-activities: Self-directed learning and personal work of the student.

5.3. Syllabus

Administrative Law is the branch of Public Law that studies the organization and functions of Public Administrations and the relations between them and the citizens. The subject is structured in five thematic blocks and ten chapters:

1. First thematic block (chapter 1): Introduction and sources of Administrative Law, with special dedication to their role in the Spanish legal system as a whole, as well the European Union sources.
2. 2.     Second thematic block (chapters 2 to 4): The administrative organization. The essential characteristics of the legal-entities regulations are studied, both in its external action as in its internal organization, as well as its role in economic and social life.
3. Third thematic block (chapters 5 to 6): Administrative acts and common procedure.
4. Fourth thematic block (chapters 7 to 9): Guarantees of the citizen against the Administration (administrative appeals, contentious-administrative jurisdiction and state liability).
5. 5.     Fifth thematic block (chapter 10): Human resources in the Public Administrations: the Basic Statute of the Public Employee.

Activities and resources

a)     Lectures in order to transfer the theorical knowledge of the subject based on the professor´s explanation.

b)     Problem solving and cases: Training activities, such as case study analysis, case law analysis, the study of jurisprudence, the drafting of forms and administrative documents, conferences and discussions, in which the students actively participate supervised by the professor.

c)     Non attendance-activities: Self-directed learning and personal work of the student.