ADMINISTRATIVE JUSTICE IN FRANCE AND UKRAINE: A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS

Administrative justice remains a cornerstone of democratic governance, ensuring that state authorities act within legal boundaries and that individual rights are protected against administrative overreach. This paper takes a comparative look at how administrative justice operates in France and Ukraine, exploring their legal traditions and institutional structures, the procedural tools each system employs, and the challenges they currently face. France, with its influential Conseil d’État and long-standing codification of administrative law, offers a model of judicial specialization. Ukraine, by contrast, is navigating a relatively recent transformation; since adopting its Code of Administrative Proceedings in 2005, it has been building its own model amidst ongoing reforms. By examining legal norms, case law, and academic writing, this study aims to highlight how both systems function in practice, where they diverge, and what lessons Ukraine might draw from the French experience to enhance the effectiveness of its own administrative judiciary. Keywords: administrative justice, judicial reform, State Council (Conseil d’État), administrative courts, public administration, prefect.