INTERROGATING ADMINISTRATIVE LAW AS ORGANIZED LAWLESSNESS: THEORETICAL EXPOSITIONS

: This paper interrogates administrative law as organized lawlessness by engaging in the necessary theoretical expositions. The central research question of the work borders on the aptness or logic of depicting administrative law as organized lawlessness. Under a qualitative research design, the study relied on internet materials, book sources, journal articles and other secondary sources of non-numeric data to conduct its interrogations. It traced the source of delineating administrative law as organized lawlessness to Ferdinand Lundberg, an influential American social philosopher, journalist and scholar. The study found immense reason in the thesis of Lundberg. The incidence of administrative tribunals and the embedded practice of administrative adjudication (occasioning apparent detractions from the rule of law ideals) are central to the surrounding issues. Even at that, administrative law has remained an integral and critical aspect of law and administration in contemporary times. Hence, the work recommends the consideration of diverse perspectives in the relevant analyses, and continuing discussions to ensure the nonstop improvement and proper functioning of administrative law within broader legal frameworks.