The ‘Neue Verwaltungsrechtswissenschaft’ Against the Backdrop of Traditional Administrative Law Scholarship in Germany

Susan Rose-Ackerman and Peter L. Lindseth (eds.), Comparative Administrative Law, 2nd ed., Edward Elgar Publishing, 2017 Forthcoming

21 Pages Posted: 4 Oct 2016

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Andreas Voßkuhle

University of Freiburg

Thomas Wischmeyer

Faculty of Law, Bielefeld University

Date Written: September 27, 2016

Abstract

If we want to talk about administrative reform, we need to address the methods of administrative law scholarship. Why is this the case? The short answer is: Sometimes changes are so profound that we are unable to conceptualize them unless we adjust our perspective. A longer answer is given in this article by analyzing the relationship between the development of German administrative law and the intense debate on the methods of administrative law scholarship, which took place over the last two decades. This debate, which is usually framed as a dispute between the traditional ‘juristic method’ (Juristische Methode) and the new paradigm of regulation or ‘steering’ (Steuerung), resulted in the emergence of the Neue Verwaltungsrechtswissenschaft (New Administrative Law). The Neue Verwaltungsrechtswissenschaft is part of a larger transnational movement towards a new theoretical foundation for the study of administrative law.

Keywords: Administrative Law, Administrative Law Theory, Legal Dogmatics, Neue Verwaltungsrechtswissenschaft, New Administrative Law, Rechtsdogmatik

Suggested Citation

Voßkuhle, Andreas and Wischmeyer, Thomas, The ‘Neue Verwaltungsrechtswissenschaft’ Against the Backdrop of Traditional Administrative Law Scholarship in Germany (September 27, 2016). Susan Rose-Ackerman and Peter L. Lindseth (eds.), Comparative Administrative Law, 2nd ed., Edward Elgar Publishing, 2017 Forthcoming, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2844461

Andreas Voßkuhle

University of Freiburg ( email )

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Freiburg, D-79085
Germany

Thomas Wischmeyer (Contact Author)

Faculty of Law, Bielefeld University ( email )

Universitätsstraße 25
Bielefeld, NRW 33613
Germany

HOME PAGE: http://www.jura.uni-bielefeld.de/lehrstuehle/wischmeyer/wischmeyer

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