professorspolitik och samhällsförändring 264 his bookconsiders how Swedish administrative law became established as an independent subject of law over a period of roughly 100 years between 1840 and 1940. The survey of has been T conducted on the basis of three issues: i) How did the representatives of administrative law position themselves during its formative period? ii) How did legal science and politics interact? iii) How were the international contacts of Swedish administrative law structured? The interplay between foreignmodels and domestic traditions is one central issue.When and howdid administrative law emerge on the European continent? According to the great legal historical narrative, we could hardly begin prior to the turn of the century 1800. It was only around 1800 the recognition of the citizen really started and the consolidation of the theory of the three powers of the State began to take on the significance it has today. Moreover, Paris is considered to be as important to administrative law, as Rome was to private law. After the revolution in 1789, French central administration expanded rapidly. By the side of the legislatures’ acts and the courts’ judgments there now emerged a third branch of State power, namely‘l’acte administratif’’. During the Napoleonic period, administrative cases were reserved for special administrative courts, the main one being theConseil d’État. The model was revolutionary; not only in its political context but also in the consequences it had. Among these we find a hierarchical, centralized administration and pretty soon also the notion of a specific legal discipline: droit administratif. The great narrative continues in Germany. The context is well known: no revolution but unification. After 1871, in the new Empire, dieVerwaltung became an important component of the social structure. Not only influences from abroad
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