ABSTRACT
Administrative law can be defined as the body of constitutional provisions, statutes, court decisions, executive orders, and other official directives. It regulates how public administrative agencies do what they do and why, as well as their authority to do it. As such, it is among the most important aspects of modern government. Although administration is usually associated with the executive branch of government, administrative activities nowadays also involve legislative functions. Administrators make a great number of decisions that directly affect the health, safety, and welfare of the population or sections of it. Delegations of legislative authority call on administrators to use discretion in formulating standards and policies. Agencies may exercise a great deal of it in implementing or enforcing laws, rules, other regulations, and policies. A key feature of the administrative state is that agencies perform legislative, judicial, and executive functions.
