THE LEGALITY PRINCIPLE IN THE ACTIVITY OF THE PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION – CROSSING BETWEEN ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AND POLITICAL NEGLIGENCE. A CASE STUDY

public administration, especially of the local public administration. However, there can be events in

the life of a community when the political factor, driven by the desire to pursue a higher purpose, of

great meaning for that community and under great scrutiny and pressure from the public opinion, as

is for example the need to protect the environment and to think in terms of sustainable development,

can choose to overpass the need to respect the principle of legality. Having a case-study as starting

point, we analyze in our paper the role different public authorities had in adopting a local normative

administrative act that does not comply with the legality principle, under the expressed wish to

protect the environment. We will examine if the political factor chose the best legal solutions for

pursuing environmental protection.

Summary

European Union Law

International Law