The Netherlands/Pays-Bas

Abstract

This chronicle discusses the developments in case law and administrative law that took place from the summer of 2014 till the summer of 2015. Paragraph 2 discusses the decentralisation of the social domain and the entry into force of the Youth Act, the Social Support Act and the Participation Act. Paragraphs 3 and 4 discuss some remarkable rulings on the rule of specialty, state liability for climate change, and the definition of administrative orders. Paragraph 5 discusses the impact of EU law on Dutch administrative law, and paragraph 6 attempts to shed some light on the general direction in which Dutch administrative law is developing. Overall, Dutch administrative law seems to be moving away from its recent infatuation with efficiency towards a more balanced approach.