Administrative law, the legal framework within which public administration is carried out. It derives from the need to create and develop a system of public administration under law, a concept …

administrative law, Law regulating the powers, procedures, and acts of public administration. It applies to all public officials and public agencies.

Administrative bodies are empowered by legislatures with the authority to do their work. Their power may be allocated in two ways: specific statutory directions that tell an agency exactly …

Constitutional law, the body of rules, doctrines, and practices that govern the operation of political communities. In modern times the most important political community has been the state. …

Administrative law is valuable in controlling the bureaucracy. Under liberal-democratic systems of government, political and judicial control of administration are regarded as complementary, but …

The leading treatise on U.S. administrative law devotes many chapters to such procedural topics as rule making, requirement of opportunity to cross-examine and rebut, adjudication …

2025年1月4日 · For an analysis of the role of law in the administration of government, see administrative law. For an exposition of social restrictions and their enforcement, see …

Criminal law deals with behavior that is or can be construed as an offense against the public, society, or the state—even if the immediate victim is an individual. Examples are murder, …

2025年1月27日 · Criminal law, the body of law that defines criminal offenses, regulates the apprehension, charging, and trial of suspected persons, and fixes penalties and modes of …

delegation of powers, in U.S. constitutional law, the transfer of a specific authority by one of the three branches of government (executive, legislative, and judicial) to another branch or to an …