Administrative Law

Categories: Regulations, Metrics

If you read 1984 and the works of Kafka mainly as cheeky workplace comedies, then administrative law might be the profession for you.

Just to start with the basics, the government sets up large bureaucracies to take care of its many functions: regulatory bodies, tax collection authorities, the military, or police. These organizations are broadly called "administrative agencies."

Administrative law is a legal specialty that deals with these governmental bureaucracies. It focuses on the legal process that sets them up, and the rules that govern their operation.



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