Administrative law





Administrative law is the body of law which regulates the actions of
administrative agencies. In the United States legal system it is organized
under the executive branch of government; rather than the judicial or
legislative branches, though administrative bodies are creatures of statute
created by the legistature. Admininstrative law as a body of law deals with
administrative tribunals or boards that are part of a state regulatory
scheme in the areas of international trade, manufacturing, the environment,
taxation, broadcasting and transportation to name a few areas of regulation.

While administrative tribunals are often governed by governmental bodies,
their decisions are often reviewable by a court of general jurisdiction
under some principle of judicial review based upon due process or
fundamental justice. The basis of this review may be limited to certain
questions of fairness or the procedures that insure that both sides of a
dispute are treated equally before any decision making occurs or that the
decision is not patently unreasonable.