Administrative Law

Name: Administrative Law
ISBN: 9787301162873

应松年Peking University Press · ChinaAug 2025

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Word count: 272K words
Chapters: 47
ISBN: 9787301162873

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Summary

Building on the first-generation MPA administrative law textbook, this book seeks to highlight more strongly the characteristics of adult education and non-law professional education, with innovations in content and format to better meet the new development of MPA education. The textbook emphasizes the following features: First, it closely centers on the goals of MPA legal education, focusing on imparting the basic concepts, principles, and institutions of administrative law, as well as cultivating analytical thinking and practical operation skills. In content, the textbook is moderate in difficulty, mainly based on current institutions and prevailing doctrine. Second, each chapter includes a dedicated case section after the main text. The chapters cover: overview of administrative law, legal institutions of administrative organization, administrative act law, administrative procedure law, administrative supervision, administrative litigation law, and administrative compensation and administrative indemnity.

Editor's review

This Administrative Law, edited by Professor Ying Songnian, is a well-established textbook for MPA education, and the 2025 revised edition places greater emphasis on the characteristics of adult education and non-law learners than the first-generation textbook. Based mainly on current institutions and prevailing doctrine and moderate in difficulty, it covers the overview of administrative law, administrative organization law, administrative act law, administrative procedure law, administrative supervision, administrative litigation, and administrative compensation and indemnity, offering a complete knowledge framework. Its most commendable feature is the dedicated case section after each chapter's main text, which grounds abstract principles in concrete situations and helps cultivate analytical thinking and practical operation skills. For public administration learners, it provides both the basic concepts, principles, and institutions of administrative law and help in understanding the legal boundaries within which administrative organs operate. Readers are advised to grasp each chapter's principles first, then test their understanding with the cases; it is suitable as a main course textbook or for self-study, and convenient for working professionals reviewing in fragmented time.

Who it's for

A good fit for

Master of Public Administration and MPA students who need to master basic administrative law knowledge systematically
Civil servants from non-law backgrounds who wish to understand the legal norms governing administrative organs
Working professionals in administrative affairs or public policy who need to fill gaps in legal knowledge
Candidates preparing for relevant qualification exams who need to review the institutional framework of administrative law

Not a good fit for

Senior law undergraduates or graduate students seeking deep theory and cutting-edge controversies
Practicing lawyers hoping to study large amounts of judicial precedents and comparative law materials
Readers interested only in a single topic of administrative law and unwilling to read a systematic textbook

Reading tips

Read each chapter's main text to grasp institutions and principles, then study the cases after the chapter to test understanding
Read alongside current statutory provisions to deepen understanding of how institutions operate
Working learners can split the book by chapter, reading one chapter closely each week and organizing key-point notes
After finishing the administrative procedure law and administrative litigation sections, use cases to review procedural key points

About the publisher

Peking University Press China · Founded in 1979

Peking University Press is a comprehensive university press whose publishing areas cover classical literature, popular science, social culture, world history, Western philosophy, and culture. Its catalogue contains 6,031 titles, with representative books including A Dream of Red Mansions, Relativity: The Special and General Theory (15th Edition) (with Einstein's classic papers on unified field theory and other topics), Elements, Conics, The Aristocratic Families of the Eastern Jin, The Philosophy of Mythology (Volume I), The Philosophy of Mythology (Volume II), and The Origin of Continents and Oceans. Representative authors include Cao Xueqin, Zhou Ruchang, Albert Einstein, Euclid, Apollonius, Tian Yuqing, Schelling, and Xian Gang. The press has developed distinctive strengths in classical Chinese literature and in the translation of Western philosophical classics, while also covering scientific classics and social and cultural studies. As public information is limited, this description is based only on the books in the catalogue and offers no further extrapolation.

版权信息
总序
第一章行政法概述
第一节行政法的概念
第二节行政法的基本原则
第三节行政法的渊源
第四节行政法律关系
附录：
第二章行政组织法律制度
第一节行政组织法概述
第二节行政机关组织法
第三节行政机关编制法
第四节公务员法
附录：
第三章行政行为法（一）
第一节行政行为概述
第二节行政立法和其他规范性文件
第三节行政许可与行政确认
附录：
第四章行政行为法（二）
第一节行政检查、行政处罚与行政强制
第二节行政征收
第三节行政给付与行政裁决
第四节行政合同与行政指导
附录：
第五章行政程序法
第一节行政程序概述
第二节行政程序法的变迁与我国行政程序立法的现实路径
第三节行政程序法的基本原则
第四节行政程序法的基本制度
附录：
第六章行政监督
第一节行政监督概述与行政层级监督
第二节专门监督
第三节行政复议
附录：
第七章行政诉讼法
第一节行政诉讼概述
第二节行政诉讼受案范围与管辖
第三节行政诉讼当事人、证据制度与法律适用
第四节行政诉讼程序与判决
附录：
第八章行政赔偿与行政补偿
第一节行政赔偿
第二节行政补偿
附录：
后记

FAQ

Can readers without a law background understand this book directly?

Yes. The book is written for MPA education and non-law learners, with content based mainly on current institutions and prevailing doctrine, moderate in difficulty, and not presupposing a deep legal foundation. It is advisable to read the overview of administrative law and the legal institutions of administrative organization first to build basic concepts before moving on to administrative act law and procedure law.

How should the case sections after each chapter be used?

The cases are an important design for cultivating analytical ability. It is advisable to read each case independently and try to analyze it using the chapter's principles, then review the main text to identify where your understanding deviated, and finally summarize the analytical approach to that type of problem, rather than treating the cases merely as reading material.

Is this book suitable as exam review material?

The book covers the basic concepts, principles, and main institutions of administrative law with a complete framework, and can serve as a foundational reader for systematic review. However, it is mainly a textbook of prevailing doctrine; if the exam has a specific syllabus or question format, you still need to supplement with the corresponding exam materials and practice.

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应松年 Author

Ying Songnian is an author who appears in publicly available publishing information in the field of Chinese legal books. Two works under this name are held in the collection: Administrative Law and Understanding and Application of the Measures for Urban Management Law Enforcement (2nd Edition), both commonly classified under law. Based on the publicly available information currently accessible, very little is known about this author's life; nationality, dates of birth and death, education, and professional positions are not clearly recorded, so no inferences about personal experience should be made. Judging from the subject matter, the works address administrative law systems and the norms of urban management law enforcement. The former covers the fundamentals of administrative law, while the latter focuses on understanding and practical application of the provisions of specific enforcement measures, indicating a writing orientation aimed at law students and law enforcement practitioners, with language and structure serving normative interpretation and operational reference. The coexistence of the two works suggests attention to both the foundations of the discipline and enforcement practice.