Over time, since the 19th century, principle provisions on legal action for exceeding authority have been accompanied by much normative formulation. The laws have changed which have in various ways defined legal action for exceeding powers. The evolution of control of the legality of unilateral administrative acts corresponds with other developments of legal action resulting from exceeding powers. Legal action for exceeding powers was not established with the aim of protecting citizens’ rights, but rather to control the actions of public bodies. It respects the rule of law which is the principle of legality – this is the concept which it represents even to this day. Legal action resulting from exceeding powers has always been very significant. There is a tendency for administrative law in entirety to be studied in the light of exceeding powers. The French State Council to a great extent, precisely through this legal means creates French administrative law. Dispute related to exceeding powers represents an objective dispute which is not aimed against persons, but against acts.