Judicial Review of Administrative Action (1890–1910): A Brief Comparison between the Austro-Hungarian and the German Empires

In this brief chapter some reflections of a comparative nature between the Austrian legal order and some state systems of the German Empire are presented regarding the standards of judicial review adopted between 1890 and 1910. The comparison is based primarily on the research works of Angela Ferrari Zumbini and Lilly Weidemann, which, after a general introduction to the subject in the different legal orders, present a series of judgments issued by the administrative courts of last instance in that period. This chapter outlines the common and distinctive features of the review conducted by these courts before examining whether, and in what ways, this case law has contributed to the formation of general principles and rules of conduct for public administrations.