Ordinances and regulations, and limits thereof, in the Local Administration

General provisions in the Local Administration

Abstract

SUMMARY: I. Classes of regulations and ordinances: 1. General classification. 2. Concrete examination of urban planning plans or ordinances. 3. Special examination of the delegated regulations and the charter regime in the local administration. — II. Municipal ordinances as a source of civil law: 1. General aspects. 2. Nature of the power to dictate civil matters provisions by local corporations. — III. The limits of the ordinance power of local corporations: 1. The limit of the principles of legality and hierarchy of the general provisions. 2. The limits of the general principles of law. 3. Limitation of intervention in activities strictly in private matters. 4. Formal limits.