The prerogatives of the administration in public administration contracts

Authors

  • Dr. Jaime Rodríguez-Arana Catedrático de Derecho Administrativo Universidad de La Coruña. Presidente Foro Iberoamericano de Derecho Administrativo y de la Asociación de Ciencias Administrativas de España

Abstract

The administrative contract, or better, the administrative contracts, constitute a central theme of the Administrative Law program. Acts and contracts are, it is well known, the two best-known expressions of the way in which the public administration tries to objectively serve the general interest. Indeed, through contractual action, the Public Administration appears in legal traffic to provide public services to citizens and is presented as guarantor of public interests, invested with a whole set of powers that are justified, ultimately, in the measure of the objective service to the general interest.

Keywords:

Public administration, Administrative contracts, Public services