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Law concerning the powers and control of
government agencies. These powers include
those necessary to operate the agency or to
implement its purposes, and making
quasi-judicial decisions (such as determining
tax liability, granting licenses or permits,
or hearing complaints against the agency or
its officers). The vast increase in these
powers in the 20th century in many countries
has been widely criticized. In the UK powers
delegated to ministers of the Crown are so
wide that they sometimes enable ministers to
make regulations which amend or override acts
of Parliament. The courts can exercise some
control over administrative action through
judicial review, for example a declaration
that certain regulations are void because
they exceed their authority (ultra vires). In
the USA the Administrative Procedure Act 1946
was an attempt to cope with the problem.
Depending on legislative mandates,
administrative law may or may not be
actionable in civil or criminal court or
subject to review by executuive branch
agencies.
Subject by: Russell Webb