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(December 2007)| |Administrative law in common law jurisdictions
|Administrative law in civil law jurisdictions 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. As a body of law, administrative law deals
with the decision-making of administrative units of government
(for example, tribunals, boards or commissions) that are part of
a national regulatory scheme in such areas as police law,
international trade, manufacturing, the environment, taxation,
broadcasting, immigration and transport. Administrative law
expanded greatly during the twentieth century, as legislative
bodies worldwide created more government agencies to regulate
the increasingly complex social, economic and political spheres
of human interaction. Civil law