Junot e as influências francesas na reforma da administração pública em Portugal – O papel dos corregedores-mores

The making of the liberal administrative system was strongly influenced by the French administrative principles and practices. However, those principles were discussed in Portugal since the first attempts to reform the Ancien Régime local administration. Napoleonic practices occurred during first Fr...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: António Pedro Manique
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associação de Actividades Científicas 2011-07-01
Series:Ler História
Subjects:
Online Access:http://journals.openedition.org/lerhistoria/1486
Description
Summary:The making of the liberal administrative system was strongly influenced by the French administrative principles and practices. However, those principles were discussed in Portugal since the first attempts to reform the Ancien Régime local administration. Napoleonic practices occurred during first French Invasion created a negative image, which made difficult any political debate on the issue. The purpose of this paper is to show a continual thinking, in terms of administrative theory, from the end of the 18th century till the making of liberal local administration, underlining the role performed by corregedores-mores, appointed by Junot.
ISSN:0870-6182