678 Legal Regulation of Public Administration
Content
- Basic terminology (public governance, public sector, public administration, state administration)
- Government (notion, functions, structure, processes)
- State administration (functions, organization, territorial de-concentration, principles, processes)
- Quality elements of regulation
- Indirect administration (PGO’s, privatisation of administrative functions)
- Local administration
- Public services
- Civil servants and public servants
- Public property and finance
- Legal aspects of qulity management in public administration
- E-government
- Control of public administration (administrative, judicial, parliamentary and other forms)
Objectives and competences
Objectives:
- The aim of the course is to acquaint students with the basic legal regulation of public administration and wider public sector as a whole, as well as of the constituent parts of public administration and wider public sector.
- Students acquire general systemic and legal knowledge as a foundation for understanding and thus effective and detailed study of other specialized courses (e.g. administrative procedure, public services, local self-government etc.).
Competences:
Students acquire
- systemic knowledge and understanding of public administration and wider public sector and their legal framework,
- the ability to recognise legal concepts on which the legal system of the public sector is based
- the ability to search for specific information in legal and other sources,
- the ability to understand new information and knowledge in the context of the administrative science, legal system, system of public administration and wider public sector,
- the ability to solve problems from administrative body practice that require knowledge of systemic legal framework of public administration and public sector,
- the ability to follow systemic changes to the legal framework of the public sector and its application in practice.