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Article: Administrative law: the basics.
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- January 1, 2007
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What is administrative law? Administrative law deals with complaints respecting government action that adversely affects an individual. Thus, administrative law involves determining the legality of government actions. There is a two-fold analysis: the legality of the specific law itself and the legality of particular acts purportedly authorized by the specific law.
Governments cannot perform any act. Governments act through government officials who must act within certain limitations. A government's power to act comes from legislation or royal prerogative. Thus, government officials must act within the parameters (or scope) of such legislation or royal ...