Autore: Gustapane, Enrico
Titolo: Jacques-Gilbert Ymbert: l'amministrazione pubblica "nuovo stato del mondo"
Periodico: Le Carte e la storia
Anno: 2013 - Fascicolo: 2 - Pagina iniziale: 47 - Pagina finale: 52

Alexis de Tocqueville in the 1846 defined administrative law, just newly born, "one ofthe forms of a new state of the world "to mean that the State used that new branch of lawto extend its intervention in society and economy incessantly. In addition to the studies onadministrative law, in that period in France a considerable literature was born on the extrajuridical aspects of public administration. In chronological order, the first book concerningthe sociology of administration was written by Jacques-Gilbert Ymbert, Moeurs administratives,published in Paris in 1825. It had a high circulation and was the model for Balzac'sworks concerning public employees, and is an important source of knowledge concerningthe administration in the XIX century. the book was written with a lively and ironic styleand the author describes in great detail the life of a French Ministry in the second half ofthe XIX century, and points out the serious lacks in the administration's running, at thesame time identifying the reasons for these. Nevertheless, Ymbert, in spite of the mercilesscriticism directed at the administration, underlines that it was the solid foundation of theState and it provided citizens with useful services. Jacques-Gilbert Ymbert (Paris, 1786-1846) was a public officer and for a long time had been employed at the French Ministriesof Defence and Interior, and at the "Consiglio di Stato" (the State Council). It is thereforeconsidered he had both a considerable and in-depth knowledge of administration.




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