Sociologists describe humans as social by nature, meaning they seek to live in groups. This explains the formation of the family, then the clan, the tribe, and ultimately the state as an organized political entity where large groups of individuals live. For these groups to live in peace and security, legal rules were necessary to govern them. In truth, these rules have existed since the beginning of communal living, though not with the same clarity and binding force as legal rules under the state, where there are now laws governing relationships among individuals, their relationships with the ruling authority, and their rights and duties, in addition to organizing the relationships among the state's public authorities and the mechanisms for forming each, leading to the form of the state and its system of government.

Legal scholarly tradition has divided legal rules into two categories: public law and private law. The latter refers to the set of legal rules governing relationships and ties between individuals, such as civil law, commercial law, labor law, maritime law, and private international law. Public law, on the other hand, is the set of legal rules that organize relationships between individuals and the state in its capacity as a sovereign authority, and between the state and other states. Public law is also divided into two sections: external public law and internal public law. External public law refers to public international law, which organizes the ties and relationships between states, or between states and international organizations in times of war and peace. Internal public law is the set of legal rules that organize relationships between individuals and the state or any public law entity when the latter acts as a sovereign authority. Its branches include constitutional law, administrative law, financial law, penal code, and the law of criminal procedure.

The state has three powers: the legislative authority, which is concerned with legislation and creating laws that govern relationships within the state; the executive authority, which is concerned with implementing these laws on the ground; and the judicial authority, which is responsible for overseeing the proper application of laws issued by the legislative authority, whether by the executive authority or by individuals.

Perhaps the executive authority is the one most connected with individuals, as members of society look to the state as the body responsible for satisfying their public needs, providing them with security, and protecting their rights and freedoms, in exchange for their recognition of its sovereignty and their compliance with the obligations it imposes on them, chief among them being the payment of taxes as a contribution to public expenditures, which are supposed to return to them in the form of public benefit. However, the executive authority appears in two forms: the government and public administration. The government appears when exercising sovereignty and dealing with other authorities, and thus it does not directly affect individuals and their freedoms. Public administration, however, is concerned with the daily application of laws and regulations, satisfying the public needs of individuals, and maintaining public order in society. Therefore, it is more closely linked to individuals and their daily lives. Since the relationships between individuals and the administration are multiple and complex, it was necessary to have legal rules governing these relationships. Thus, administrative law was established by the French Council of State as a unique and independent set of legal rules, separate from other branches of law, governing the relationships of individuals with the administration. This is why it is called the law of public authority or the law of public administration, reflecting its connection to the administration.

The importance of administrative law has increased, and its rules and theories have become more established, following the evolution of the state's role and its increased intervention in the lives of individuals. The state's role evolved from a 'guardian state,' concerned only with external defense, internal security, and dispute resolution, to an 'interventionist state,' which began to exercise its activities in various fields such as health, education, culture, and economics, etc., until state intervention reached its peak when the state owned the means of production under the concept of a socialist state. All this led to increased interest in administrative law, as it specializes in organizing the relationships of public administration with other parties and the disputes that arise from them, which fall under the jurisdiction of the administrative judiciary.

Based on my experience teaching various administrative law subjects to undergraduate students in law faculties at Jordanian universities for more than two decades, and after completing my books on Administrative Law (Part One and Part Two), I decided to author this book to be a simplified reference added to previous works in the field of administrative law. I worked to make it neither too brief to be incomplete nor too long to be tedious, and I was keen to keep it up-to-date with the latest legislation and changes in the Jordanian public administration bodies.

The book's plan addresses the main topics in administrative law through a preliminary chapter and four parts. In the preliminary chapter, we discuss the nature of administrative law, covering its definition and origin, its sources and characteristics, and finally, the criteria for distinguishing administrative law and its relation to other branches of law.

The first part is dedicated to administrative organization, where we discuss legal personality and methods of administrative organization, both centralized and decentralized. We then discuss the applications of administrative organization in Jordan, by studying the central administrative organization, the representatives of central authority in the regions, and the auxiliary central bodies, as well as the decentralized administrative organization in Jordan, where we focused on local administration bodies as an application of regional administrative decentralization in Jordan. The second part is dedicated to the study of administrative activity, through two chapters. The first is on administrative policing, where we discuss its concept, objectives, authorities, means, and limits. The second chapter is on public utilities, where we cover the definition and elements of a public utility, the establishment and organization of public utilities, their types, the principles that govern them, and finally, their management methods. The third part is devoted to the legal acts of public administration, in two chapters. The first chapter discusses administrative decisions, defining them, the criteria for distinguishing them from other legal acts, and identifying their components. We also explain the types of administrative decisions, their enforcement, and execution, and how they are terminated, all supported by the latest jurisprudence of Jordanian and sometimes comparative administrative judiciary. The second chapter is dedicated to administrative contracts, where we discuss their definition and identification criteria, the most prominent types of administrative contracts, the regulations for concluding them, and the mechanism for selecting a contractor with the administration. We explain the administration's powers towards its contractors, as well as the contractor's rights, and finally, the termination of administrative contracts. We have made an effort to base our discussion of administrative contracts on the latest amendments to Jordanian legislation related to administrative contracts, especially the Government Procurement Regulation No. (8) of 2022 and its issued instructions. The fourth part is titled 'Material and Human Resources of Public Administration.' In the first chapter, we discuss public funds, presenting their concept, explaining the mechanism for their use, and then discussing their legal protection. In the second chapter of this part, we address the civil service, by explaining its nature, defining the concept of a public employee, how public employees are appointed, their status, performance evaluation, rights, and duties. We then study the disciplinary system in the civil service and conclude with the termination of the employment relationship and the end of public employees' services. We have discussed the topic of the civil service in light of the Human Resources System in the Public Sector No. (33) of 2024 and the Civil Service System No. (9) of 2020 and its amendments under the amended regulation No. (34) of 2024, and we have reinforced our discussion with the latest rulings of the Jordanian administrative judiciary concerning the civil service.

We ask God Almighty for this book to be a useful reference for our students and a help to every researcher and interested person. If we have succeeded in our work, it is by the grace and favor of God. If not, it is from ourselves, and we offer our apologies for any flaw or shortcoming. He who does not err is perfect, and above every knowledgeable person, there is one more knowledgeable.

• ISBN: 9789923152997
• Weight: 1.000 kg
• Dimensions: 17×24 cm
• Paper: White
• Pages: 448
• Year of Publication: 2025
• Binding: Hardcover