Abstract
Legal coherence and predictable decision-making are the cornerstones of Finnish administrative law. The aim of this research is to analyze the factors that make administrative decisions unpredictable in Finland today. Why is the challenge so significant for the authorities?
 The factor analysis revealed six main features affecting predictability in the legal regulation of Finnish public governance: the increasing use of soft law, the devolution of government, deregulation, the changing role of the individual, the blurring of the division between the public and the private sector and the influence of international and EU-law.
Highlights
Introduction and the research questionsThe aim of this research in the field of Public Law is to analyze the factors that make administrative decisions unpredictable in Finland today
The article formulates the features in administration and law that – from the point of view of the citizen as a client or partner of local administration – are significant for predictability especially in individual decisions
Research methodology and the legal science This study investigates the factors affecting the predictability of administration from the point of view of the citizen or client
Summary
The aim of this research in the field of Public Law is to analyze the factors that make administrative decisions unpredictable in Finland today. Are there effective means for increasing predictability in the Finnish legal system? The authors investigate the function and the role of predictability in the legal regulation of Finnish public governance. The article formulates the features in administration and law that – from the point of view of the citizen as a client or partner of local administration – are significant for predictability especially in individual decisions. The concept of predictability as part of legal certainty or legitimate expectation is one of the cornerstones on Finnish Administrative Law as well as EU-law (Raitio, 2003; Paunio, 2011).
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