英国行政决定说明理由研究

行政决定说明理由正趋于成为英国行政法上的一般规则,它和自然正义、正当期待及公正等原则相关联。说明理由是良好行政的基本原则之一,有助于行政机关的自我拘束,有助于程序性权利的保障,有助于法院开展有效司法审查。官员在特定情形下必须为行政决定说明理由,但在特定的例外情形下可豁免于说明理由义务。欠缺理由说明可能导致行政决定无效或者被撤销。在中国,应进一步扩大说明理由的适用范围,对法律、事实和裁量问题予以充分说明。

Study on Giving Reasons for Administrative Decision in UK

Giving reasons for administrative decision,relating to other principles such as natural justice,legitimate expectation and fairness,etc.,is gradually becoming a general rule in UK administrative law. Being one of the basic principles of good administration,giving reasons is of much significance for the self—restraint of administrative agencies,the guarantee of procedural rights,and the effective development of judicial review by the court. In special situation,the officials must give reasons for their administrative decisions,except for some particular conditions. The absent of reason—giving may lead to invalidity or revocation of the administrative decision. Therefore,in China,the application scope of reason—giving should be further expanded to sufficiently explain issues like law application,fact and discretion.