Sound Administration and Cooperation
Giacinto della Cananea · Oxford University Press eBooks · 2016
This chapter considers two instrumental rationales that are particularly important in the transnational arena: sound administration and cooperation between public authorities. ‘Sound administration’ is a flexible term whose primary use lies in its potential adaptability to many situations and needs. The chapter focuses on three particular aspects of sound administration: compliance with predefined rules; consistency of the final decision with the outcome of the preparatory work; and soundness of that decision from a scientific or technical point of view. On another note, a related, but distinct, rationale is cooperation between public authorities. Although this is a traditional concern of international law, new forms of cooperation have emerged. They affect directly administrative procedures and raise important questions concerning process rights.