The blurred distinction between administrative and civil judges

In Belgium, one can observe a remarkable evolution whereby the distinction or boundary between the administrative and the civil judge has increasingly become blurred. If a legal subject seeks judicial protection against government action in Belgium, full legal redress can be pursued both before the administrative and the civil judge. Both judges can undertake a legality control of administrative acts. The civil judge can disapply an administrative act, while the administrative judge can annul those acts. Moreover, one can ask them to suspend such an act and award indemnification. Thus, over time the choice between two parallel jurisdictions offering effective judicial protection against government became available