An Overview of Administrative Justice in Argentin

• Author: F. Verbic
• Position: National University of La Plata School of Law and Social Sciences (La Plata, Argentina)
• Pages: 57-66

BRICS LAW JOURNAL Volume III (2016) Issue 2

an oVERVIEw oF aDMInISTRaTIVE JuSTICE

In aRGEnTIna

FRANCISCO VERBIC,

National University of La Plata School of Law and Social Sciences

(La Plata, Argentina)

DOI: 10.21684/2412-2343-2016-3-2-57-66

This article provides an overview of the federal administrative justice system in Argentina.

It begins with an explanation of how the power to enact procedural law and to organize

administrative courts is distributed between the federal state and the local states. It then

describes the core constitutional and statutory principles and structures of administrative

jurisdiction and the courts, and discusses the lack of a general special procedure to

deal with actions involving the federal state and federal subject matter issues (except

for interim measures and ‘amparo’ proceedings). The article goes on to provide an

explanation of what is currently happening regarding class actions within this context,

and it ends with remarks by the author on some provisional conclusions.

Keywords: administrative justice; Argentina; class actions; provisional measures against

the state; federal jurisdiction; ‘Amparo’ proceeding.

Recommended citation: Francisco Verbic, An Overview of Administrative Justice in

Argentina, 3(2) BRICS Law Journal 57–66 (2016).

Table of contents

1. Introduction

2. Organization of Administrative Courts and Judges

3. Fundamental Principles and Scope of Administrative Jurisdiction

4. Administrative Proceedings

5. Class Actions

6. Final Remarks