The book we are presenting today is the result of a major project that has brought together wide-ranging research by a variety of scholars on the European origins of administrative procedures. A volume on an Austrian law that is nearly a century old, written in English, looking towards Europe’s eastern borders and rarely the focus of comparative study, may initially seem a topic reserved for initiates and specialists.
So why are we including it in a series of lectures as a valuable addition to the education of administrative law students, albeit advanced ones? I would say there are essentially three reasons.