The Reconsideration Of Administrative Law Under The Principle Of Politics-Administration Dichotomy

Frank·J·Goodnow, the renowned American administrative jurist, puts forward the concept of politics-administration dichotomy in his Politics and Administration, which has an enormous impact on the principle of separation of powers. These thoughts not only engaged people in reflections on the administrative system based on the principle of separation of powers at that time, they also exert profound influence on the research of later administrative jurisprudence.Based on the reference of massive literature materials, this paper starts with Goodnow's Politics and Administration, and carries out the basic analysis of the points involved in the notion of politics-administration dichotomy. With the above analysis as the foundation, the paper then proposes to employ the essence of politics-administration dichotomy to consummate and instruct the administrative legal construction in our country.On the whole, this paper can be divided into three parts-the introduction, the main text and the conclusion. The primary coverage is as follows:The introduction part introduces the background in which the politics-administration dichotomy was produced, as well as its concrete connotation and profound significance, and elicits the content of the research—the reconsideration of administrative law under the principle of politics-administration dichotomy.The main text presents the reconsideration of administrative law under the principle of politics-administration dichotomy from five aspects in a longitudinally and three-dimensionally way. Under the principle of politics-administration dichotomy, firstly, it demonstrates the clear connotation of administrative law; secondly, it further analyzes the power of administrative main body; thirdly, it studies the administrative supervision; fourthly, it analyzes the administrative redress.In the conclusion part, the author points out that in reality, it offers a systematical induction of politics-administration dichotomy in administrative law; and suggests that the thory is no doubt of enormous value in instructing the current system frame in our country, and thus deserves our further study.