Administrative law

Administrative law is the branch of the legal order that applies to public administration. Fundamental rules of
administrative law govern the duties, activities, structure and status of public administration. As a branch of law, it
has three main tasks: 1) to protect private individuals and companies from public power, 2) to strike a balance
between administrative authorities and private parties, and 3) to ensure people's opportunities to influence and
control public administration. Moreover, European administrative law now constitutes an important element.
Teaching in administrative law encompasses such issues as the legal status of individuals and communities vis-vis public administration, the status, tasks and supervision of public administration, relationships under
administrative law as well as the basis of legal protection. The key principles and provisions of this branch of law
relate to the rights and duties of individuals, the activities, administrative procedures and administrative judicial
procedures of central government and municipalities as well as legislation on the openness of government
activities.
Public administration may be studied and analysed from various points of view. Broadly described, the
perspective adopted in administrative law is a formal legal one. Research in administrative law is concerned
especially with the legal rules, principles and relationships which fall under administrative law as a part of the
legal order. Core research tasks include the systematisation and interpretation of the rules of administrative law
at both national and European levels.