“Pravova derzhava”. Issue 37 (2026), pages 214–221.
DOI: 10.33663/0869-2491-2026-37-214-221
Novitskyi Vladyslav
Legal discretion within the framework of the law enforcement practice of the European Union countries on the example of Germany and France
ISSN online: 2617-9776 print: 0869-2491
The author of the article primarily draws attention to the international nature of current issues of legal discretion, since they are directly related to the process of making managerial decisions, which is equally important for any legal system and country. In addition, the specifics of such relationships and correspondences as: the rule of law, legality, proportionality, equality and non-discrimination; acts of administrative regulation and the aforementioned principles of the theory of state and law; current issues of legal discretion and the specifics of the specific legal system in which it finds its law enforcement application.
In the article, through the decisions of the Constitutional Court of the Federal Republic of Germany of July 10, 1958 and of August 5, 1966, as well as the Decision of the Federal Administrative Court of September 28, 1965 particularly important aspects of the chosen topic were investigated, in particular, it concerns the limits and scope of discretionary powers of state authorities and their compliance with the principle of the rule of law. Using the discretionary and law enforcement experience of Germany and France, a comparison was actually made of two principles of judicial control in the context of legal discretion, namely, the principle of full and administratively flexible judicial control over the exercise of discretionary powers by public authorities.
Keywords: human rights, principles of law, rule of law, legal discretion, discretionary powers, judicial review, state authorities, court decisions, limits of discretionary powers, law.
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