Since the publication of the previous edition, the ways in which the administrative process is understood have developed further in case law and academic studies. There have also been constant changes in procedural law regulations by the legislature, although these have been more concerned with details. The purposes and aims of this commentary are to present the effects of these changes and developments on judicial and extrajudicial practice by evaluating the case law and literature, cautiously offering the authors= own solutions where agreement has not so far been reached, and to provide those involved in administrative proceedings with a reliable guide through the diverse problems of administrative proceedings. In particular, the aim was to clarify the basic structures and systems involved in administrative procedural law for practitioners and to develop solutions from them for the various problems that arise in administrative procedural practice. In addition to incorporating changes in the Code of Administrative Court Procedure (VwGO), the Code of Civil Procedure (ZPO) and numerous ancillary laws, the book=s individual commentaries have been thoroughly revised and brought up to date.

Martin Redeker, Presiding Judge in the Higher Administrative Court, Greifswald; Prof. Peter Kothe, specialist lawyer in administrative law, construction law and architectural law; Helmuth von Nicolai, Undersecretary in the Ministry of Energy, Infrastucture and Digitalization, Schwerin