Administrative law is law created by which actors?

• A. The legislature
• B. The judiciary
• C. Administrative agencies
• D. The executive

Answer: (C)

Administrative law is the body of rules and decisions created by government administrative agencies—specialized bodies established to carry out statutes and regulate specific areas. These agencies obtain authority from the legislature through enabling statutes, which grant them power to issue regulations, licenses, permits, and rulings that have the force of law. They perform rulemaking (a quasi-legislative function) and adjudication (a quasi-judicial function) to implement and enforce legal requirements. While the legislature creates the overall framework and the judiciary interprets or reviews agency actions, the actual law produced in practice comes from administrative agencies.