1. C.J.S. Public Administrative Law and Procedure § 2.]
“Administrative law deals with the field of legal control exercised by law-administering agencies other than courts, and the field of control exercised by courts over such agencies.” Felix Frankfurter, The Task of Administrative Law, 75 U. Pa. L. Rev. 614, 615 (1927).
“[A]dministrative law is to labor law, securities regulation, and tax what civil procedure is to contracts, torts, and commercial law. Administrative law studies the way government institutions do things. It is therefore the pro-cedural component to any practice that affects or is affected by government decisionmakers other than just the courts. Its study goes beyond traditional questions; it explores a variety of procedures and it develops ideas about decisionmaking and decisionmakers.” 1 Charles H. Koch, Administrative Law and Practice§ 1.2, at 2 (2d ed. 1997).
international administrative law.
1. The internal law and rules of international organizations.
2. The substantive rules of international law that directly refer to the administrative matters of individual states.
3. Domestic ad-ministrative law specifically concerned with international problems or situations.
— Also termed administrative international law.
