Administrative Decision-Making in Reaction to a Court Judgement

In Dutch administrative law, a court judgment does not always resolve the conflict at hand. If an administrative court quashes a decision by an administrative authority in a judgment from which there is no appeal, the authority should take a new decision. When such a new decision is taken, interested parties can decide to commence proceedings for the second time. This study seeks to investigate the factors influencing the administrative decision-making process and the degree to which repeated litigation takes place

The Acceptance of Court Judgments: the Influence of Procedural and Distributive Justice : Explaining a citizen’s choice to appeal in administrative legal procedures

The research aims to shed light on citizens’ perceptions of judicial procedures by focusing on the appeals procedure in administrative law. Especially, the study tries to clarify which motives might underlie an appeal by a citizen after a negative judgment by the court of first instance. Why does one citizen appeal, while another chooses to end the conflict? Do citizens make this choice in a ‘rational’ fashion, weighing costs and benefits, or does this choice depend on normative considerations, including citizens’ perceptions of fairness

Elektronisch communiceren met de overheid : Annotatie Centrale Raad van Beroep ‘Bezwaarschrift zonder DigiD’ (ECLI: NL: CRVB: 2017: 2705)

Burgers kunnen hun zaken met de overheid steeds vaker digitaal afhandelen. Daarbij moeten ze er wel op letten, dat ze het juiste e-formulier of mailadres gebruiken. Op 4 augustus 2017 heeft de Centrale Raad van Beroep uitspraak gewezen in een zaak, waarin een burger het verkeerde e-formulier had gebruikt om bezwaar in te dienen ( ECLI:NL:CRVB:2017:2705 ). Er is nog weinig jurisprudentie over deze specifieke situatie. De uitspraak geeft bestuursorganen veel ruimte om dit soort berichten te weigeren. Dit strookt met de wettekst van de Awb en vaste jurisprudentie, maar laat wel de valkuilen voor de burger zien van elektronisch communiceren met de overheid