Administrative Law: Fundamental Theory (Second Edition)

Author: Zhou Youyong
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Publish Date: 2005-08-01
Features: The planning and writing of this book began in the late 20th century, and the first edition was hastily printed in June 2000. At that time, although I had been engaged in the study and teaching of administrative law for nearly a decade, my knowledge accumulation was still insufficient, resulting in the book's content being rather immature. Meanwhile, as times progress, administrative law develops, and the research on administrative law also rapidly emerges. To promptly reflect the new changes in administrative law development and the new dynamics in administrative research, I decided to adopt a regular revision approach to continuously improve the book. This may be the best choice for continuous self-transcendence in today's era of social transformation. Thus, in August 2002, the revised edition of the first edition of this book was published. Although the revised edition corrected many errors and omissions in the book and rewrote and supplemented some new content, it was merely a partial revision. Now, three years have passed, and China's administrative practice has further achieved significant development. Especially in 2003, the promulgation of the Administrative Licensing Law comprehensively advanced the entire process of China's administrative rule of law construction, making a historic contribution; in April 2005, the state promulgated the Civil Servant Law, which rebuilt China's civil servant management system. At the same time, theoretical research on administrative law in China has also made many new progresses. For example, the "theory of administrative subjects" in China has gone through three stages: from traditional administrative organization law theory to pure administrative subject theory, and then to the integration of the two. However, the first edition of this book only discussed pure administrative subject theory and ignored other legal issues of administrative organizations, which was clearly not comprehensive. All these issues prompted me to revise the book again to reflect the content of new laws such as the Administrative Licensing Law and the Civil Servant Law, and to absorb the current theoretical research achievements in administrative law.