Establishing an Administrative Appeal System for Effective Redress of Rights - Based on Operational Performance in the 5 Years since the New Law Came into Force

2023 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 21K01138
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Review Section: Basic Section 05020:Public law-related
• Research Institution: Kwansei Gakuin University
• Principal Investigator: Nakahara Shigeki 関西学院大学, 司法研究科, 教授 (60292819)
• Project Period (FY): 2021-04-01 – 2024-03-31
• Keywords: 行政不服審査法 / 行政不服審査会 / 調査義務 / 簡易迅速 / 権利救済 / 第三者機関 / 行政争訟

Outline of Final Research Achievements

There are many issues for which there are no clear provisions in laws and regulations and no court precedents regarding specific procedures for administrative appeals. This study elucidated these issues through an analysis of the reports and decisions of national and local government administrative appeal committees. In particular, the national Administrative Complaint Review Board is unique in that it conducts investigations and deliberations from the perspective of whether the dispositional agency and reviewing agency have carried out the necessary investigation and consideration. Therefore, through analysis of case reports, I was able to clarify the content and extent of the investigation duties required of the disposal agency, as well as how supplementary investigations should be carried out by the reviewing agency in the event that the disposal agency fails to fulfill its investigation duties.

Free Research Field

公法学

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

裁判よりも簡易迅速な手続により、違法・不当な行政活動から国民を救済するとともに適正な行政運営を確保する行政不服審査制度は、2014年に52年ぶりに抜本改正され、第三者機関の関与等により、手続の公正性が大きく向上した。行政法学にとっても行政不服の実務にとっても新たなチャレンジであり、国及び全国の地方自治体において、適正な運用に向けた取組みが続けられている。本研究は、法律や裁判例からは明らかでない、新制度の運用の具体的なあり方について、理論上及び実務上の基礎を提供するものであり、重要な学術的意義及び社会的意義を有する。