Essay regarding the Administrative Contentious Institution during 1864-1866

Abstract

The jurisdictional function, from the point of view of the litigations that are the object of the trial, is structured in two parts: common law contentious and contentious administrative. Contentious administrative consists of all those litigations that appear between individuals and the Public Administration within the activity of organizing and exercising the public services and where there are put to trial public law juridical situations.

In Romania, the contentious administrative appeared relatively late, following a historical evolution found in direct connection to the needs specific to the country. In this work it is presented the first period registered in the evolution of the Contentious Administrative institution, respectively the one of the periods 1864-1866, a period characterized by the existence of an administrative court of law represented by the State Council. More exactly, there are presented: the way this Council was organized, its responsibilities based on the law, and finally, its abolition, also mentioning some of the reasons which led to it.