La formation juridique des fonctionnaires - Paris : IIAP, juil./sept. 1989

Neglected by some, overspecialized for others, law has not occupied in recent years its rightful place in administrative practice. Although a thorough knowledge of the law is essential to ensure the legitimacy and efficiency of the Civil Service, the legal training of civil servants suffers from serious shortcomings in regard to basic legal knowledge, the skills needed to draft texts, the use of computers, and the handing of disputed claims. Efforts should be made, at all stages (recruiment, preparation for entry to the Civil Service, in-service training), to find the right solutions and to adapt them to ever increasing, and constantly shifting, needs