Resumen de Erkenntnisfunktionen und Richtigkeitsgewähr von Verwaltungsverfahren
Administrative procedures precede every administrative action. During the procedure, the official in charge not only recognizes the law and facts on which the adminsitrative action is grounded but, to a certain extend, also constitutes the law and facts. This paper argues that and why the law empowers her to do so and which constraints arise under the rule of law. Furthermore, it is found that compliance with procedural law does not gurantee the ,correctness‘ of the adminsitrative action. Compliance with procedural law can only, but still lead to a ,reasonable‘ action. To what extend procedural law may increase the resonableness of administrative actions depends on the procedural design which is a political decision. Irrespective of the particular design, adminstrative action is unthinkable without administrative procedure. Administrative procedure matters!
