To a Czech, or perhaps more broadly to a Civilian lawyer, the number of references to the notion of reasonableness in the
Anglo-American legal tradition appears somewhat singular. In a number of areas, various “reasonableness” tests have been developed:
standards like that one of a “reasonable man,” “reasonable notice,” “reasonable use,” “reasonable force,” “reasonable expectation,”
“reasonable
... [Show full abstract] care,” etc. There is also the standard for action of a “reasonable administrative authority,” which forms the
jurisdictional test for the review of administrative action.