Notes on Administrative Law

Abstract

This article aims to understand the true meaning of “Administrative Law”. As the “Administrative Code” and “All Administrative Laws” textbooks available for purchase or research in libraries compile legal acts and some editions include royal decrees and ministerial regulations, law students may misunderstand that the acts and rules compiled in textbooks are adminis trative laws. Determining a certain law as “Administrative law” is incorrect.

The current Thai laws are called the Constitution, Organic Act, Act, Royal Decree, Announcement or Order of the military seized power in coup d’etat and the Code of Law. While royal decree, ministerial regulation, ministerial announcement, rule, regulation, local ordinance and other provisions which are generally in effect and not intended for any specific person are called “Rule”.

Therefore, this is to understand that the administrative law is not a name of law but the name of a law course on administrative power which has an important element as follows. Regardless of the name, the law provides powers and duties to those who use the power including an administrative agency, other government agency or private agency that exercise administrative power and officials. The user of the power has to act in accordance with the rules provided by law and use the administrative power to issue an administrative order, administrative action and administrative contract to fulfill the duties and spirit of the law.