公共选择与和谐社会的行政法理念

构建社会主义和谐社会的发展目标要求行政法建立这样一个重要理念:政府与公民之间不是相互对立而是和谐共存、相互支持的关系.这与西方20世纪后期的公共选择理论适成对照.对于行政法学而言,公共选择具有两方面重要立论:行政主体具有经济人的自我定位;行政主体由自利功机引导,按照成本效益分析从事行政行为.本文围绕这两个立论展开论述,认为和谐社会下行政主体应当具有服务者的自身定位,行政行为应当以公共利益为取向.而对于公共选择理论的了解和研究则有助于从一个侧面为和谐社会中的行政法理念提供借鉴和比照,并有助于行政主体及其行政行为的进一步清晰定位.

Public choice and the administrative law concept of a harmonious society

Building a socialist harmonious society requires the administrative law establish such an important concept:the relation between the government and the citizens are not mutually antagonistic but harmonious coexistence and mutually supportive.This is properly contrasted with the Western public choice theory of late 20th century.To the administrative law,the public choice argument has two important aspects:the administrative subject has the self-positioning of the economic person;the administrative subject is...