对行政机关滥用职权的司法审查

Judicial review on abuse of power by administrative authority

Through the analysis on three typical cases, it is believed why courts rarely make judgments directly based on the review criteria of“abuse of power” pursuant to article 54 of the Administrative Litigation Law is mostly that the relevant legal provisions are not clear. Besides, in hearings, judges are more inclined to use“conversion techniques”. Meanwhile, it is further revealed of the issues existing in the substantive review of courts. Yu Lingyun is a professor of law at Tsinghua University, Beijing. His main researches include administrative discretion, legitimate expectation, administrative contract, law enforcement, case method and police law. He has released a number of articles, such as Legitimate expectation in administrative law (2003), Pseudo-contract in administrative law (2001), Remedial system of administrative contract (1998), Legitimate expectation in administrative guidance (2007), The construction and development of special administrative law (2006), The scope of judicial review in the administrative litigation law (1992), Experts consultation in government rule-making (1995), Reflection on administrative coercive execution (1998), Compatibility of administrative contract to the characteristics of administrative law (1998), On investigation in resident permission system (1998), The rule of law and administrative contract (1998). His monographs include Administrative Contract (Renmin University of China Press, 2000), Administrative Discretion (China People’s Public Security University Press, 2005), Preventing and Remedies of the Abuse of Police Power (China People’s Public Security University Press, 2002).