What is Administrative law?
[[File:Eo-scale2.png|thumb|right|200px]] '''Administrative law''' (also called ''' regulatory law''') covers a wide range of procedures by [[Agency|administrative agencies]].<ref name=FindLaw>{{cite web |url=http://hirealawyer.findlaw.com/choosing-the-right-lawyer/administrative-law.html |title=What is Administrative Law? |publisher=FindLaw |access-date=19 November 2015}}</ref> These agencies include [[city]], [[county]], [[state]] or [[Wikt:federal|federal]] government [[wikt:body|bodies]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://legal-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/administrative+law |title=administrative law |publisher=The Free Dictionary/Farlex |access-date=19 November 2015}}</ref> They may be called [[Wikt:commission|commission]]s, [[Wikt:department|department]]s, divisions or boards.<ref name=HGLaw>{{cite web |url=http://www.hg.org/adm.html |title=Administrative Law |publisher=HG Legal Resources |access-date=19 November 2015}}</ref> Each may have its own [[rule]]s and [[wikt:regulation|regulation]]s which are usually not found in [[statute]]s.<ref name=HGLaw/> These are based on laws passed by a government. Agencies also have the power to enforce these rules and regulations.<ref name=HGLaw/> == United States == Congress or state [[legislature]]s pass laws, sometimes on complicated issues. The details of how these laws are to be enforced is left to administrative agencies.<ref name=FindLaw/> For example, a government agency, the Social Security Administration (SSA) was created August 14, 1935 by an act of [[United States Congress|Congress]]. They were given the authority to administer Social Security benefits and disability laws.<ref name=FindLaw/> They have passed a body of rules and regulations that determine how benefits will be handled. == European Union == The rules created by the European Union are carried out by an ''ad hoc'' collection of agencies. These rules may be for a particular [[treaty]] or for things such as trade policy.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/etudes/ATAG/2015/51