Alternative Streitbeilegung im Verwaltungsrecht

While administrative jurisdiction still provides the conventional way to resolve administrative disputes between bodies of public law and private individuals in Germany, the use of methods of alternative dispute resolution has meanwhile gained increasing acceptance. Christoph A. Stumpf examines the regulatory principles governing the application of such methods in constitutional law and in administrative law, focusing on arbitration in a 'proper' as well as a 'wider' sense, arbitrator's expert opinions, mediation, and conciliation. He discusses the constitutional legitimacy of these methods on a national level as well as their impact on an international level; furthermore, he illustrates the practical implementation of respective proceedings. In this context, he also highlights the advantages of the individual methods, in particular their practicability and effectiveness.