In France, the Conseil d'État is a governmental body that acts both as legal adviser to the executive branch and as the supreme court for administrative justice, which is one of the two branches of the French judiciary system. Established in 1799 by Napoleon as a successor to the King's Council, it is located in the Palais-Royal in Paris and is primarily made up of top-level legal officers. The Vice President of the Council of State ranks as the ninth most important civil servant in France.
The Palais-Royal in Paris, home of the Conseil d'État
General Assembly Room (Salle de l'assemblée générale), where the members of the Council gather to resolve the major cases
Administrative law is a division of law governing the activities of executive branch agencies of government. Administrative law includes executive branch rule making, adjudication, and the enforcement of laws. Administrative law is considered a branch of public law.
President Fernando Henrique Cardoso in 1999
The Stenbockska Palace is the former seat of the Supreme Administrative Court of Sweden.
American administrative law often involves the regulatory activities of so-called "independent agencies", such as the Federal Trade Commission, whose headquarters is shown above.
