The primary thesis that the chapters which follow are concerned to elaborate and to substantiate is to what extent legal procedure(s) and judicial discretion influence the administration, management and outcomes of Antisocial Behaviour Order (ASBO) use in Britain. A great deal of the existing academic literature on the use of ASBOs in Britain locates the strategic importance of the ‘relevant authorities’ (local authorities, housing associations, registered social landlords (RSLs), the police) involved in ASBO applications. While acknowledging the importance of existing scholarship which highlights the significance of the contribution of these applicant agencies in shaping ASBO outcomes, this thesis contends that the position of both legal procedure(s) and the court system in ASBO applications is also one of fundamental primacy, which necessitates further examination and analysis. Moreover, there are also no comparative studies in existence that analyse the substantive differences and/or similarities between ASBO administrative procedure(s) in Scotland, and in England and Wales. Hence this thesis will also provide a comparative account of relevant aspects of legal and administrative procedure(s) across these jurisdictions. The data production approach applied in this thesis is both quantitative and qualitative in its composition. An online survey questionnaire was used to obtain data on solicitors’ experiences of ASBO application and court procedure(s) (in Scotland, and in England and Wales), and semi-structured interviews were conducted with Sheriffs in the lower courts in Scotland in order to obtain information on judicial discretion and decision-making in ASBO cases. The study found that legal procedure(s) and judicial discretion fundamentally impacted on the operation of antisocial behaviour legislation and the use of ASBOs in both Scotland, and in England and Wales. Specifically, legal procedure(s) and judicial discretion influenced the form of ASBO prohibitions and the type of behaviour made the subject of an order; the extent of the impact of mitigating factors; the evidentiary requirements necessary for an interim/ASBO application; the sentencing tariffs for breach; the frequency with which orders on conviction are issued; the frequency with which orders are granted to children and young people; and the ability of alleged antisocial behaviour perpetrators to defend or to appeal action against them. Building on existing theoretical frameworks on procedural justice (Galligan, 1996a; 1996b; Halliday, 1998; 2004), and, moreover, on conceptual paradigms of ‘fairness’ and consistency in judicial decision-making developed in other empirical studies of procedure and judicial discretion in the lower courts (Anleu and Mack, 2005; 2007; Cowan et al., 2006 Hunter et al., 2005; Lawrence, 1995), the thesis develops an account of the network of (procedural and juridical) factors that influence the use of ASBOs in Britain. The thesis concludes that, in order to ensure greater consistency, stringency and accuracy in approach to ASBO cases – in essence, in order for there to be more ‘fairness’ in ASBO processes - there must be a greater socio-legal focus upon the influence of both substantive practices and formal procedural rules.

Bakgrund: Valet av uppsatsämne grundar sig i att det skett en förändring i synen på betydelsen av en relation mellan föräldrar och barn under senaste århundradet. Att föräldrarna har fått en större betydelse i barnens liv gör det därför intressant att studera hur föräldrar som har sina barn placerade i familjehem görs delaktiga i barnens liv utifrån socialsekreterares uppfattningar om delaktighetsfrämjande arbete och sitt handlingsutrymme i detta arbete. Syfte: Syftet med denna studie är att utifrån ett symboliskt interaktionistiskt perspektiv beskriva och analysera socialsekreterares uppfattningar om sitt handlingsutrymme och delaktighetsfrämjande arbete med föräldrar till familjehemsplacerade barn. Metod: Denna studie har en kvalitativ ansats där materialet har skapats genom halvstrukturerade intervjuer och empirin utgörs av fyra stycken transkriberade intervjuer. Urvalet har skett genom att socialsekreterare som har arbetsuppgifter som innefattar att arbeta med föräldrar till familjehemsplacerade barn kontaktades. Empirin har sedan bearbetats och analyserats utifrån en tematisk analysmodell. Resultatet presenteras sedan i relation till studiens teoretiska ram samt tidigare forskning. Resultat: Denna studie visar på att tillgänglighet och kontinuitet är enligt socialsekreterarna av betydelse för skapandet av en relation mellan socialsekreterare och föräldrar, vilket i sin tur främjar föräldrarnas delaktighet samt att det kan vara av betydelse för barnets bästa. I detta arbete så upplever socialsekreterarna att deras handlingsutrymme är stort och att det har en frihet i hur de kan lägga upp ett delaktighetsfrämjande arbete med föräldrar till familjehemsplacerade barn. Men samtidigt beskriver de även aspekter som de upplever begränsa deras handlingsutrymme. / Background: The choice of subject in this study is based on the altered perception of the importance of a relation between parents and children the last century. The enlarged importance of parent's involvement in their children's lives makes it interesting to study how these parents are made participated by the social worker and their perspectives of a work that promotes participation among these parents and how the social worker perceive their discretion in this work. Purpose: This study aims to describe and analyse, from a symbolic interactionistic perspective, the perspective of social workers about their discretion and the work of promoting participation among parents with children in foster care. Method: This study has a qualitative approach where the material was made by semi-structured interviews and the empirics consists of four transcribed interviews. We contacted social worker who is working with parents that have children placed in foster care to make our selection. The empirics have then been processed and analysed with a thematic analyse model. The result is then presented in relation to this study's theoretical frame and previous research. Result: The results of this study shows that availability and continuity are, according to the social worker, of importance in the making of a relation between the social worker and these parents, which in turn can promote the parent's participation and it can also be for the child's best. In this work the social worker experiencing that they have a wide discretion which enables them to scheduled their own time which they spend in the work of promoting participation among parents with children in foster care. At the same time, they also describe aspects that they feel is limiting their discretion.

Chargés de mettre en œuvre la loi pénale contre les personnes soupçonnées d’infractions, les procureurs bénéficient traditionnellement d’un large pouvoir d’appréciation qui est en général encadré par la loi et par des instructions hiérarchiques que les procureurs doivent suivre lorsqu’ils prennent leurs décisions. Avec une analyse fondée sur des observations et des entretiens dans les systèmes français et anglo-gallois, cette étude comparative vise à comprendre comment les systèmes de justice pénale étudiés s’efforcent de combiner les nécessités du contrôle des autorités de poursuites dans des sociétés démocratiques modernes avec la souplesse et la réactivité nécessaires à l’application de la loi résultant de la marge d’appréciation laissée aux procureurs. Il existe actuellement peu d’études empiriques et systématiques du processus de décision des autorités de poursuites. Cette thèse montre qu’aucun des systèmes observés ne parvient à un équilibre satisfaisant entre le degré de responsabilité et le pouvoir de décision des procureurs. En France, bien que le contrôle démocratique et hiérarchique des procureurs soit bien développé en théorie, il reste limité en pratique, en raison en raison de la primauté du principe d’individualisation dans la culture juridique et du statut professionnel des procureurs comme magistrats indépendants. En Angleterre et au Pays de Galles, les procureurs font partie d’une structure particulièrement bureaucratique et centralisée qui impose une stricte uniformité des décisions de poursuites aux dépens du pouvoir de décision et de l’autonomie des procureurs dont le rôle se limite à des tâches simples et répétitives en raison de la segmentation de la procédure de poursuites. Cette structure autoritaire de contrôle, conjuguée à un équilibre historique des pouvoirs en faveur de la police, semble empêcher les procureurs de prendre des décisions qui pourraient être mal vues par leur hiérarchie ou la police. Enfin, le manque de ressources et une recherche constante d’efficacité dans chacun des systèmes juridiques étudiés ont produit une bureaucratisation de la procédure pénale, certaines tâches étant déléguées à du personnel peu qualifié et les affaires mineures étant expédiées le plus rapidement possible selon un traitement standardisé. / Tasked with enforcing the criminal law against suspected offenders, public prosecutors have traditionally enjoyed broad discretion, which is usually structured by legal and policy guidelines defining rules prosecutors should follow when making their decisions. Basing its analysis upon direct observations and interviews in the two jurisdictions under study, this comparative thesis endeavours to understand how the French and Anglo-Welsh criminal justice systems attempt to combine the necessities of accountability for public prosecution services in modern democratic societies with the flexibility and reactivity needed in the application of the law provided by prosecutorial discretion. There have been few systematic, empirical accounts of the decision-making process of these national prosecution services.This thesis argues that neither system observed achieves a satisfactory balance between accountability and discretion for public prosecutors. In France, although democratic and hierarchical accountability channels are well developed in theory, oversight is weak due to the primacy of the concept of ‘adaptation’ in the legal culture and the strong professional ethos of procureurs as independent judicial officers. In England and Wales, public prosecutors are part of a highly bureaucratic and centralised structure which strictly enforces consistency in prosecutorial decisions at the expense of much discretion and autonomy for individual prosecutors whose responsibility is limited to narrow and repetitive tasks due to the segmentation of the prosecution process. This overbearing accountability structure, coupled with a historical balance of power in favour of the police, appears to prevent prosecutors from making decisions perceived as unpopular with their hierarchy or the police. Finally, pressure on resources and a drive for efficiency in both jurisdictions have resulted in the bureaucratisation of the criminal justice process with part of the prosecution workload being delegated to unqualified staff and minor cases being processed as quickly as possible into a one-size-fits-all system.

Uppsatsen syftade till att undersöka hur olika socialsekreterare resonerade i sina bedömningar inom ekonomiskt bistånd samt hur socialsekreterarna uppfattade och tillämpade sitt handlingsutrymme. Fem socialsekreterare intervjuades i en kvalitativ intervjustudie där även två vinjettfall ingick. Resultatet påvisade viss variation i resonemang och bedömningar samt att tid, ärendebelastning och samverkan med andra myndigheter enligt socialsekreterarna hade störst inverkan på deras handlingsutrymme. Resultatet motsade en del tidigare forskning, genom att organisatoriska kontrollmekanismer inom socialt arbete även kan upplevas som positivt för socialarbetarnas handlingsutrymme. Generellt sett kände sig majoriteten av socialsekreterare tämligen fria i sin yrkesutövning. Skillnader i socialsekreterarnas resonemang analyserades samt diskuterades. Vissa socialsekreterare tillämpade ett tämligen byråkratiskt förhållningssätt gentemot klienter och deras ansökningar, medan andra socialsekreterare fokuserade på alliansbyggande i sina bedömningar och resonemang. Utrymmet för socialsekreterarna att själva välja vilket förhållningssätt de önskade inta föreföll vara stort. / The aim of the study was to examine how social workers working with income support reasoned in their assessments and to examine how they perceived and applied their discretion. Five social workers were interviewed in a qualitative study, which also included two vignettes. Results showed that reasoning and assessments varied to some extent. The social workers described time, caseload and collaboration with other authorities as challenges, limiting their discretion. The results contradicted some previous research, as the social workers described positive aspects of organisational control mechanisms in relation to discretion. Generally they all felt rather free in the exercise of their profession. Differences in social workers reasoning were analysed and discussed. Some social workers applied a rather bureaucratic approach regarding clients, whilst others focused more on alliance building in their assessments. There seemed to be room to choose which approach to take depending on the social worker’s perception of the situation.

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Made available in DSpace on 2016-04-26T20:28:15Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Francisco Octavio de Almeida Prado Filho.pdf: 861416 bytes, checksum: c9abd03d29ec13845de3c1609ea8d5a3 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2008-11-17 / This dissertation deals with the study of administrative discretion applied specifically to the legislation concerning administrative sanctions, with regard to the principles and rules that apply to the administrator when sanctions are used. When applied to infringement and administrative sanctions, the discretion theory shows some unique characteristics that are not to be encountered in other areas, especially as far as undetermined legal concepts are concerned. Chapter One will therefore describe the constitutional structure of the Brazilian state, showing the main functions performed by the said state in creating, using and controlling infringement and administrative sanctions. Chapter Two will cover the principle of legal security and the legality principle as the expression of the democratic principle and the fundamentals of the administration activity. Chapter Three will deal particularly with jurisdictional control and discretion, and will explain the limits to the jurisdictional control of administrative acts. Chapter Four will shed light on the legal regime, which may be applicable to infringement and administrative sanctions that are considered as an expression of the government jus puniendi. Chapter Five will address discretion when applied to sanctioning administrative law, with considerations on the use of undetermined legal concepts in the description of infringement. Chapter Six will mention other principles under the control of the Judiciary Power to be considered upon the enforcement of administrative sanctions. Chapter Seven will deal with infringement exculpatory, as well as with the issue of transferability of administrative sanctions to a third party by means of succession. Finally, we will present the conclusions of this study / O tema da presente dissertação envolve o estudo da discricionariedade administrativa aplicada ao campo específico do direito administrativo sancionador, com a indicação dos princípios e regras que vinculam o administrador na aplicação de sanções. Aplicada às infrações e sanções administrativas, a teoria da discricionariedade apresenta peculiaridades não verificadas em outros campos, especialmente no que concerne aos conceitos jurídicos indeterminados. Assim, o capítulo I trata da estrutura constitucional do Estado brasileiro com indicação das principais funções por ele desempenhadas na criação, aplicação e controle das infrações e sanções administrativas. O capítulo II trata do princípio da segurança jurídica e do princípio da legalidade, como expressão do princípio democrático e fundamento da atividade administrativa. O capítulo III trata, particularmente, do controle jurisdicional e discricionariedade, com explicitação dos limites ao controle jurisdicional dos atos administrativos.O capítulo IV trata do regime jurídico aplicável às infrações e sanções administrativas, consideradas expressão do jus puniendi estatal. O capítulo V trata da discricionariedade aplicada ao direito administrativo sancionador, com considerações a respeito da utilização de conceitos jurídicos indeterminados na descrição de infrações. O capítulo VI trata de outros princípios a serem observados na imposição das sanções administrativas, todos eles passíveis de controle pelo Poder Judiciário. O capítulo VII trata das excludentes da infração e da questão da transmissibilidade das sanções administrativas a terceiros e por força da sucessão. Ao final são apresentadas as conclusões do estudo

Made available in DSpace on 2016-04-26T20:30:18Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Ricardo Palazzo de Almeida Barros.pdf: 913214 bytes, checksum: c232425da93b9089fb1ab8caeb40902b (MD5) Previous issue date: 2010-05-28 / We present a brief historical background of the administrative discretion, from its beginning until its insertion at the modern State, under the rule of law. Afterwards, we will discuss the administrative function in accordance with constitutional principles and its system. We examine the doctrine of Brazilian and foreign jurists in search of different ways to understand the administrative discretion. In view of Brazilian law, we visit the competence to use such discretion. We expose two different and opposite doctrines regarding the extension and depth admitted to issue regulatory rules by the administrator under the Brazilian law. We analyze the concepts of quality and its various aspects. Based on the doctrinaire lessons, we observe the use of discretion by ANATEL (Telecommunication Agency) at the definition of quality standards and measurement criteria related to fixed and mobile telephone / Apresentamos, inicialmente, um breve desenvolvimento histórico do instituto da discricionariedade administrativa, do seu advento até sua inserção nos contornos atuais do Estado de Direito. Na seqüência, tratamos da função administrativa do Estado, em subordinação a princípios constitucionais, que lhe demarcam um regime jurídico peculiar. Examinamos, então, a doutrina de alguns juristas brasileiros e estrangeiros, em busca de diferentes formas de entender a discricionariedade administrativa. Visitamos o tema da competência para exercer esse poder discricionário, já voltando os olhares para as disposições do direito positivo brasileiro. Apresentamos duas grandes correntes doutrinárias, que se antagonizam, a respeito da extensão e da profundidade admitidas na edição de normas de regulação pelo Administrador brasileiro, sob as luzes do ordenamento pátrio. Analisaremos então o tema da qualidade propriamente dita, com seus múltiplos contornos. Por fim, com base nas explanações doutrinárias, observaremos o uso da discricionariedade administrativa pela Agência Nacional de Telecomunicações, na definição de metas e ferramentas para aferição de qualidade das telefonias fixa e móvel

Dissertação sobre o regime jurídico das infrações e sanções administrativas aplicadas pelo Conselho Monetário Nacional e o Banco Central do Brasil em conformidade com a legislação do Sistema Financeiro Nacional, especialmente a Lei 4.595/64. Apresenta o regime de distribuição da função legislativa a partir da Constituição Federal de 1998, o sistema jurídico das infrações e sanções administrativas e a diferenciação destas em relação a outros atos derivados do denominado poder de polícia. Em seguida, analisa a recepção pela Constituição Federal de 1988 do modelo normativo trazido pela Lei 4.595/64 e os limites da discricionariedade administrativa para aplicação de infrações e sanções administrativas à luz dos princípios da legalidade e da tipicidade apresentados pela doutrina. / Dissertation on the legal regime of the administrative infractions and penalties imposed by the National Monetary Council and the Central Bank of Brazil in accordance with the rules of the Financial System, especially the Law 4.595/64. Displays the distribution scheme of the legislative function from the Federal Constitution of 1998, the system of legal administrative infractions and penalties and differentiation of these acts in relation to others derived from the so called police powers. It then goes through the reception by the Constitution of 1988 of the normative model issued by Law 4.595/64 and the limits of the administrative authorities discretion for application of administrative infractions and sanctions in the light of the principles of legality and typicality as presented by the doctrine.

Submitted by Maicon Juliano Schmidt (maicons) on 2015-05-20T14:50:13Z No. of bitstreams: 1 2014 - Luis Henrique Braga Madalena.pdf: 1655399 bytes, checksum: 6298e078d342c95307ffa50ee9eb2390 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2015-05-20T14:50:13Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 2014 - Luis Henrique Braga Madalena.pdf: 1655399 bytes, checksum: 6298e078d342c95307ffa50ee9eb2390 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2014-03-25 / CAPES - Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior / O estudo que aqui se resume possui como escopo o desvelamento do fenômeno que representa a ideia de discricionariedade administrativa no Brasil, que acaba por gerar uma armadilha teórica que leva a conclusão de que, em grande medida, os atos administrativos, por serem tidos como atos de caráter político, não seriam controláveis materialmente pelo direito, à exceção das aberrações. Muito disso ainda advém de um rasteiro discurso de separação dos poderes, que não poderia ser violado por uma atuação de controle por parte de qualquer um dos poderes que não seja o de onde emanou o ato contestado. Isso dá espaço para que a atividade administrativa, ao invés de ter garantida sua legitimidade democrática e republicana pelo direito, passa a ter sua ilegitimidade acobertada por um direito de viés conservador, que cada vez mais promove a manutenção de históricas dominações sociais, típicas do Brasil e da América Latina. Isso em grande medida é proporcionado por uma Teoria do Direito que mantém-se aprisionada em um paradigma filosófico ultrapassado e incompatível com o Estado Democrático de Direito pretendido pela Constituição de 1988: o da filosofia da consciência. Muitos discursos jus administrativos contemporâneos, como o que privilegia o paradigma gerencial da administração pública, que também dá azo a abundância de princípios, os quais acabam por servir de álibi para as decisões administrativas tomadas, na exata medida que são considerados em sua faceta teleológica, como verdadeiros mandados de otimização e não em seu viés deontológico. A partir daí a administração (presente em todos os poderes) possuiu uma permissão jurídico-normativa para agir da forma que melhor entender, com o que o direito passa a chancelar a pluralidade de respostas, as quais são consideradas como pertencentes a uma esfera política. A atividade administrativa do Estado, especialmente no Brasil, onde podem ser verificadas as influências da cordialidade, do patriarcalismo e de um patrimonialismo estamental, conforme tratado por Buarque de Holanda, Gilberto Freyre e Raymundo Faoro, é passível de equiparação à vontade de poder, abordada por Nietzsche, com base em seu conceito de niilismo. Para que se possa alcançar o almejado Estado Democrático de Direito, que necessariamente passa por uma firme atuação estatal, imperioso que se recupere a noção de ciência da atividade administrativa, direta e completamente vinculada ao Direito. Este Direito deve possuir um cunho transformador, de projeção, para o que tem-se como resposta a Crítica Hermenêutica do Direito, inaugura por Lenio Streck, fundada na hermenêutica filosófica/filosofia hermenêutica, de Hans Georg Gadamer/Martin Heidegger e na integridade e coerência no Direito, de Ronald Dworkin, que afirma o direito fundamental à respostas corretas. O que em grande medida se faz é demonstrar que tal exigência é perfeitamente cabível na esfera da atividade administrativa e que a discricionariedade (administrativa) em nada difere da discricionariedade judicial, especialmente em sua função de álibi para o relativismo e para a chancela e manutenção de odiosas dominações. / The study that is here summarized has scoped the uncovering of the phenomenon that represents the notion of administrative discretion in Brazil, which generates a theoretical trap which leads to the conclusion that, to a large extent, administrative acts, once they have a political nature, would not be materially controllable by law, except for aberration. A lot of that still comes from a low speech of separation of powers, which could’t be violated by an act of control on the part of any of the powers, other than where issued the contested act. This gives space for administrative activity, rather than having guaranteed its democratic legitimacy and the Republican right, begins to have his illegitimacy covered up by a straight law, that increasingly promotes the maintenance of social dominations, typical of Brazil and Latin America. This, in a large extent, is provided by a Theory of Law that remains trapped in a philosophical paradigm, outdated and incompatible with the democratic State of Law required by the Constitution of 1988: the philosophy of consciousness. Many contemporary jus administrative speeches, as the one that favors the managerial paradigm of public administration, at the end favors the abundance of principles, which will serve as an alibi for the taken administrative decisions, at the exact extent which are considered in their teleological facet, like true optimization requirements and not on your deontological bias. From there the administration (present in all powers) possessed a normative legal permission to act in the manner that best understand, with what the law becomes to chancellor, the plurality of responses, which are considered as belonging to a political sphere. The administrative activity of the State, especially in Brazil, where it’s possible to be verified the influences of cordiality, patriarchy and patrimonialism estamental, as spoken by Buarque de Holanda, Gilberto Freyre and Raymundo Faoro, is amenable to assimilation to will to power, approached by Nietzsche, based on his concept of nihilism. In order to achieve the coveted democratic State of Law, which necessarily goes through a steady state performance, imperative that recovers the notion of administrative activity, directly and completely bound to the Law. This Law must have a transformer bias, of projection, for what you have as a response to Critical Hermeneutics, Law inaugurates by Padman Streck, founded on philosophical hermeneutics/philosophy hermeneutics by Hans Georg Gadamer/Martin Heidegger and the integrity and consistency of law, by Ronald Dworkin, who claims the fundamental right to correct answers. What largely if does is demonstrate that this requirement is perfectly appropriate in the sphere of administrative activity and it’s discretion in nothing differs from the judicial discretion, especially in its role as an alibi for the relativism and for the seal and maintenance of odious dominations.

O trabalho tem por objetivo analisar em que medida o Poder Executivo está autorizado pela Constituição Federal e pela lei estadual paulista a conferir a contribuintes do Imposto sobre Operações relativas à Circulação de Mercadorias e sobre Prestação de Serviços de Transporte Interestadual e Intermunicipal e de Comunicação (ICMS) tratamentos tributários diferenciados, mediante a expedição de norma individual e abstrata que modifique a sua regra-matriz de incidência ou a forma de cumprimento de obrigações instrumentais. Cumpre-nos examinar a legitimidade da concessão de regime especial diante dos princípios da legalidade, igualdade e devido processo legal. Esta análise pressupõe o exercício da função administrativa discricionária quando da identificação dos casos especiais nos quais o contribuinte encontra dificuldades para cumprir com suas obrigações tributárias sem prejuízo de sua atividade econômica. A preocupação é como compatibilizar a possibilidade de modificação do tratamento tributário aplicável a este contribuinte com (i) a regra-matriz de incidência do ICMS delineada no texto constitucional e veiculada pelo Poder Legislativo estadual e (ii) a manutenção da neutralidade do Estado e das condições de livre concorrência. Buscaremos examinar em quais condições normativas poderia o Poder Executivo Estadual conceder regimes especiais consensuais de tributação pelo ICMS. / The work aims to analyze to which extent the Executive Branch is authorized by the Federal Constitution and by the São Paulo State law to grant to taxpayers of the State Value Added Tax (ICMS) special tax treatments upon the issuance of an individual and abstract rule that modifies the general legal provision on the levy of this tax or that modifies how to comply with the instrumental obligations. We shall examine the lawfulness of the concession of the special tax regime in view of principles of legality, equality and due process of law. This analysis assumes the exercise of discretionary administrative function when identifying the special cases in which the taxpayer finds it difficult to meet their tax obligations without jeopardizing its economic activity. The concern is how to reconcile the possibility of modifying the tax treatment applicable to that taxpayer with (i) the general legal provision on the ICMS levy outlined in the Constitution and enacted by the state Legislative Branch and (ii) maintaining the neutrality of the state and the free competition conditions. We will seek to examine in which normative conditions the State Executive Branch could grant consensual special ICMS tax regimes.