Administrative Law has been a subject on which Professor Allan R.
Brewer-Carias has been working, writing and publishing during the
past fifty years, since his first book published in Caracas in
1964, on "The Fundamental Institutions of Administrative Law and
the Venezuelan Jurisprudence" (Las Instituciones Fundamentales del
Derecho Administrativo y la Jurisprudencia Venezolana, Universidad
Central de Venezuela, Caracas 1964). Since then, he has published
many books and articles treating matters of Administrative Law
mainly is Spanish, being this his first book in English on the
subject. Since 2005, after fixing his permanent residence in New
York and after accomplishing his work as Adjunct Professor of Law
at Columbia Law School where he thought a Seminar on
"Constitutional Protection of Human Rights in Latin America," he
has acted a Lawyer and Legal Counsel giving legal opinions on
Venezuelan administrative Law, being this book the result of all
his research for such purpose. Consequently, the reader will find
in this volume a very useful analysis of administrative law in
Venezuela, providing information on the country's sources of
administrative law, the organization of Public Administration, the
administrative action accomplished by its different organs and
entities in the national (federal), state and municipal levels of
government; the administrative procedures principles and the scope
of the principle of legality applicable to administrative action;
the use and enactment of administrative acts in order for the
Administration to decide on particular matters, and the use of
administrative contracts in order to associate private persons and
institution to Public Administration and public activities.
Thorough coverage by a local expert this book fully describes the
principal issues regarding judicial review of administrative
action, in order to annul illegal administrative act and to assure
the respect for the rule of law. In addition, the volume provides
specific information regarding important issues of administrative
law concerning the regime on restrictions of economic freedom and
of property rights, with special emphasis on the constitutional
means the State can use for its reservation of economic areas
(nationalization) and for expropriation of private property; the
regime of environment protection and land use, with particular
emphasis on matters regarding the oil and mining industries; the
regime of the protection and promotion of investments, with
specific discussion on the consent for arbitration in public
matters; and the regime referred to the legal status of
individuals, citizens and aliens. Details are presented in such a
way that readers who are unfamiliar with specific terms and
concepts in varying contexts will fully grasp their meaning and
significance. Its succinct yet scholarly nature, as well as the
practical quality of the information it provides, make this book a
valuable time-saving tool for both practicing and academic jurists.
Lawyers representing parties, with interests in Venezuela will
welcome this guide, and academics and researchers will appreciate
its value in the study of comparative administrative law.
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