The amendment of the Law of the contentious administrative jurisdiction: a focus on the new contentious administrative cassation appeal (a set of questions for understanding this legislative reform)

Abstract

The article shows the keys for understanding the new contentious administrative cassation appeal designed by the Organic Law 7/2015, of 21 July. The extension of the object of the cassation appeal and the objective cassational interest for creating case law as the only admissibility criteria draw a new scenario vis-à-vis the traditional admissibility framework based on a numerus clausus criteria for the admissibility and the limited scope of application of the cassation appeal. There are some aspects which are paramount in the analysis of this legislative reform, inter alia, the scope of the new criteria for determining the cassational interest; some procedural aspects; and organizational and governmental challenges.

Keywords:

contentious administrative cassation appeal, object, scope of the contentious administrative cassation appeal, objective cassational interest, organizational and procedural aspects