Administrative law encompasses laws and legal principles governing the administration and regulation of government agencies (both Federal and state). Such agencies are delegated power by Congress (or in the case of a state agency, the state legislature) to act as agents for the executive. Generally, administrative agencies are created to protect a public interest rather than to vindicate private rights.

Administrative law is the body of law that governs the activities of administrative agencies of government. Government agency action can include rulemaking, adjudication, or the enforcement of a specific regulatory agenda. Administrative law is considered a branch of public law.

Administrative law, commonly called regulatory law, is created and enforced by an administrative body, i.e., Department of Labor, the Federal Communications Commission, or the President. Depending on whether the agency is executive, legislative or independent will determine from whom it derives its power to issue regulations and its right to enforce them.

An administrative law judge (ALJ) in the United States is an official who presides at an administrative trial-type hearing to resolve a dispute between a government agency and someone affected by a decision of that agency.

Administrative Law: basically procedural. Each agency is responsible for a particular body of substantive law, but certain procedural principles apply to all agencies.

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This site was designed to facilitate the exchange of information about federal and state administrative law among legislators, lawyers, hearing officers, judges, and citizens. While much of the original material is now available from other sources, the ABA Administrative Procedure Database Archive provides access to resources not readily available elsewhere.

Columbus discovered America, but it was sitting here a long time before he found it. The same is true of the recent discovery of administrative law. Even though many politicians have only discovered it in the last few years, administrative law has been around a long time.

Administrative law focuses on the exercise of government authority by the executive branch and its agencies. These agencies are created by Congress through “enabling legislation”, and are authorized to promulgate regulations which have the same force as statutory law. Federal agencies have steadily grown in number and importance in the United States, and affect a wide variety of social issues, such as telecommunications, the financial market, and racial discrimination. The term “administrative law” encompasses the procedures under which these agencies operate, as well as external constraints upon them (such as the Administrative Procedure Act, constitutional limitations, and judicial review).

The conservative columnist Joseph Sobran has a lecture on audio tape called "How Tyranny Came to America." This seems like a shocking and absurd claim. How could anyone believe that "tyranny" exists in America? Sobran must be some kind of extremist nut.

Federal administrative agencies are given existence and powers by the Congress through enabling legislation. These agencies, in turn, promulgate administrative regulations which, if promulgated within the authority given the agency by its enabling legislation, have the force and effect of law.

Members provide specialist advice to public bodies on their duties and powers and act as specialist advocates for and against public authorities, including the government.

The Constitutional and Administrative Law Bar Association is a Specialist Bar Association of the Bar of England and Wales. ALBA is the professional association for practitioners of public law. It exists to further knowledge about administrative law amongst its members and to promote the observance of its principles.

The Preamble to the SEA set out the Member States’ commitment to transform relations as a whole between the Member States into a European Union; a Union which would have activities way beyond the solely economic sphere. Political cooperation between the Member States was considered to be of paramount importance in the creation of this European Union.

This article looks at the development of EC Administrative Law, identifying two main theoretical trends. The first, or 'control' theory, approaches administrative law from the angle of citizen-state relations and from the viewpoint of the citizen. The second, or functional, approach is to treat administrative law as a body of rules designed for the implementation of policies. The article suggests that EC administrative law originated inside the second theory, in part because of its French antecedents. Over the years, however, the first theory has gained the ascendant.

European Governance is more than just a policy instrument without legal significance. Its regulatory sub-divisions, such as Comitology, the Lamfalussy procedure, and the growing number of European administrative agencies, have colonised substantive parts of the law-shaping and law-making processes.

Review of European Administrative Law (REALaw) is a law review, published twice a year (online and in print), in the English language edited at the Department of Administrative Law and Public Administration of the University of Groningen and the Institute of Constitutional and Administrative Law and the Europa Instituut of Utrecht University. Review of European Administrative Law provides a forum for the discussion of issues in the development of European administrative law. The journal aims to cover all aspects of European administrative law, reflecting the role of the European Union, the role of domestic legal orders and their mutual relation and influence.

In this interconnected world, the impacts of administrative processes in other countries transcend their national boundaries, affecting US citizens, US economic interests, and US regulatory choices. In particular, the European Union's (EU) legislative and regulatory initiatives acutely affect US interests because of the magnitude of US-EU trade and investment.

Administrative law is the body of law regulating government decision-making. Review of administrative decisions can take place internally and externally.

The major purpose of administrative law is to ensure that the activities of government are authorized by Parliament or by provincial legislatures, and that laws are implemented and administered in a fair and reasonable manner. Administrative law is based on the principle that government action, whatever form it takes, must (strictly speaking) be legal, and that citizens who are affected by unlawful acts of government officials must have effective remedies if the Canadian system of public administration is to be accepted and maintained.

Administrative law in the People's Republic of China was virtually non-existent before the economic reform era. Since the 1980s, the People's Republic of China has constructed a new legal framework for administrative law, establishing control mechanisms for reining in the bureaucracy and disciplinary committees for the Communist Party of China. However, many have argued that the usefulness of these laws are vastly inferior in terms of controlling government actions due largely to institutional and systemic obstacles like a weak judiciary, poorly trained judges and lawyers, and corruption.

This Article addresses some issues relating to the emergence of global administrative law from a third world perspective. The essential idea is to determine the nature, character, and limits of an evolving global administrative law (GAL).

A blog dedicated to the continuing development of the Global Administrative Law (GAL) Project.

The people of Iraq, striving to reclaim their freedom, which was usurped by the previous tyrannical regime, rejecting violence and coercion in all their forms, and particularly when used as instruments of governance, have determined that they shall hereafter remain a free people governed under the rule of law.

With “global administrative law” comes an agenda for conceptual reflection, empirical study, and institutional redesign that gives shape and focus to an immense range of large and small questions about the legal control of decisionmaking in the contemporary world.

State Reform has become the main topic on the world's political agenda. This process dates from the late seventies, with the onset of the crisis in the State model, which had been created by developed countries during the postwar and set off an unprecedented era of capitalist prosperity. The first response to the crisis was a neo-liberal-conservative reaction.

The organisations seem to regard public participation as a principle of good governance rather than a democratic necessity. However, in order to prevent global administrative law from becoming the prerogative of technocrats it is important that the administered play an active role. For the sake of the discussion I will therefore recommend two ways of achieving this, i.e. introducing the American notice & comment procedure and reliance on judicial review.

The Administrative Codes and Registers (ACR) Section of the National Association of Secretaries of State (NASS) is the organization of persons in government and the private sector interested in administrative law. Some of ACR's objectives include: gathering, exchanging and disseminating facts, information and ideas relating to the publication and distribution of administrative codes and registers; enhancing the quality of administrative codes and registers through better style, format and design; encouraging the development of administrative codes and registers in jurisdictions where none exist; fostering the development of better rulewriting skills and rule review techniques, and more effective management of the rule promulgation process; and increasing knowledge of administrative law among ACR Section members and within the general public.

The Administrative Law Section serves its members, the bar and the public at-large, by providing a congenial forum to share new ideas and the most recent information on substantive and procedural developments in Administrative Law and Regulatory Practice.

An independent and honorable administrative judiciary is indispensable to justice in our society. Administrative Law Judges have the authority to conduct constitutional due process hearings under the process provided by the Administrative Procedure Act. Administrative Law Judges should participate in establishing, maintaining, enforcing, and observing high standards of conduct, so that the integrity and independence of the administrative judiciary may be preserved.

Federal Administrative Law Judges, often referred to as the Federal Administrative Trial Judiciary, perform judicial functions within the Executive Branch of the Government. In adjudicating cases before them, Administrative Law Judges conduct formal trial-type hearings, make findings of fact and law, apply agency regulations, and issue either initial or recommended decisions.

The National Association of Administrative Law Judiciary (NAALJ) is the largest professional organization devoted exclusively to administrative adjudication devoted to the executive branch of government.

Founded in 1904, the National Association of Secretaries of State (NASS) is the nation's oldest nonpartisan, professional organization for public officials. The association serves as a medium for the exchange of information and fosters cooperation between states governments in the development of public policy. NASS has key initiatives in the areas of elections and voting, state business services, electronic government and digital archiving.

The National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws (NCCUSL), now 116 years old, provides states with non-partisan, well-conceived and well-drafted legislation that brings clarity and stability to critical areas of the law. NCCUSL’s work supports the federal system and facilitates the movement of individuals and the business of organizations with rules that are consistent from state to state.

The National Conference of the Administrative Law Judiciary (NCALJ) is the voice of the administrative judiciary within the American Bar Association (ABA). As a Conference of the ABA Judicial Division, NCALJ works closely with the other Conferences of the ABA Judicial Division and the ABA Section of Administrative Law and Regulatory Practice to improve all facets of state and federal administrative adjudication. NCALJ also works closely with outside organizations, including the National Association of Administrative Law Judiciary (NAALJ), the Association of Administrative Law Judges (AALJ), the Canadian Council of Administrative Tribunals (CCAT), and the National Judicial College (NJC).

The Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law shall have jurisdiction over the following subject matters: bankruptcy and commercial law, bankruptcy judgeships, administrative law, independent counsel, state taxation affecting interstate commerce, interstate compacts, other appropriate matters as referred by the Chairman, and relevant oversight.

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