“The main goal of administrative law cannot be, exclusively, to constrain the leviathan. On the contrary, it should also enable the leviathan's action based on standards of good administration.” https://t.co/tgKOrZD5un
— Ius & Iustitium (@iusetiustitium) May 18, 2021
The COVID-19 pandemic is demonstrating the relevance of this conclusion. Francis Fukuyama concluded, in March 2020, that the pandemic will illustrate the necessity of capable states. The idea that “liberal democracies necessarily have weak governments” is, in his view, a “popular misconception” because “all modern governments have developed a powerful executive branch because no society can survive without one.“
The pandemic is a unique opportunity to reflect on the necessity of an efficient administrative state. Not “big” or “small” government, but a capable administrative state aimed at promoting the common good.
Or COVID-19 provided an opportunity for oligarchs to increase their power - has the author ever considered that possibility?
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