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El presente trabajo esboza, desde la perspectiva del análisis económico del Derecho, una teoría general acerca del control judicial de la discrecionalidad administrativa que permita responder a tres cuestiones fundamentales: por qué, en determinadas circunstancias, los Tribunales deben reconocer un margen de discrecionalidad a las Administraciones públicas cuando revisan las decisiones de éstas; en qué circunstancias deben reconocerlo; y cuáles son los límites que lo definen. A estos efectos, el trabajo analiza los costes y beneficios sociales de esa discrecionalidad, y señala algunas variables de los que ambos dependen y que, por consiguiente, permiten determinar en cada caso hasta qué punto la misma está justificada.

En el presente trabajo se describen los principales retos a los que se enfrentan las Administraciones locales españolas como consecuencia de la irrupción de la llamada economía colaborativa en varios sectores, como el del transporte urbano de pasajeros mediante turismos y el de los alojamientos de corta duración, en los que éstas ejercen importantes competencias. El primero es el de revisar la normativa aplicable en tales ámbitos, que en muchos aspectos se ha vuelto obsoleta y desequilibrada como consecuencia de los cambios tecnológicos y sociales que están en la base de los sistemas de economía colaborativa. El segundo es el de ejercer sus competencias de aplicación del ordenamiento jurídico vigente allí, mientras no se proceda a la referida revisión. El tercero sería fomentar o incluso articular sistemas de economía colaborativa beneficiosos para la comunidad pero que el sector privado no tiene suficientes incentivos para promover. This paper analyzes three major legal challenges Spanish local governments have to face when confronted with the emergence of the so called sharing economy. Firstly, they ought to review and eventually update numerous local regulations that have become obsolete or disproportionate as a result of the technological and social innovations underlying sharing economy systems. Secondly, they are required to apply those and similar current legal rules to such systems. The regulation of short term rentals and that of the taxi industry are used as examples to illustrate both points. Thirdly, local governments should promote or even establish socially desirable sharing economy systems where private actors do not have sufficient incentives to do so.

AbstractThe rise of the sharing economy is transforming the way we produce and consume goods and services. This transformation requires a revision of current legal rules concerning sectors where the sharing economy is emerging. Taking the regulation of the taxi industry as a main example, this article analyses why those rules ought to be reviewed, the obstacles law makers have to face in order to perform such a task, and the regulatory strategies they could use for that purpose. The paper considers a variety of regulatory approaches including regulatory impact assessment, legal variation, the coexistence of different legal regimes, experimental legislation and compensation.

This article describes the Europeanisation of Spanish administrative law as a result of the influence of the EU law general principle of legitimate expectations. It examines, firstly, whether the formal incorporation of the principle of legitimate expectations into national legislation and case law has modified the substance of the latter, and if so, secondly, whether this has led to a weaker or a more robust protection of the legal status quo. To carry out that examination, the article considers the influence of the principle of legitimate expectations in two different areas: in individual administrative decision-making, and in legislative and administrative rulemaking. Our conclusion is that the Europeanisation of Spanish administrative law through the principle of legitimate expectations has been variable and ambiguous.

This article describes the Europeanisation of Spanish administrative law as a result of the influence of the EU law general principle of legitimate expectations. It examines, firstly, whether the formal incorporation of the principle of legitimate expectations into national legislation and case law has modified the substance of the latter, and if so, secondly, whether this has led to a weaker or a more robust protection of the legal status quo. To carry out that examination, the article considers the influence of the principle of legitimate expectations in two different areas: in individual administrative decision-making, and in legislative and administrative rulemaking. Our conclusion is that the Europeanisation of Spanish administrative law through the principle of legitimate expectations has been variable and ambiguous.