Legal Literacy - This article discusses the theory of state Administrative Law. The field of state administration can be viewed through the development of these theories as follows:

State Administrative Law Theory: Ekapraja (Ekatantra) Theory

In the 14th and 15th centuries, the general system of governance, especially in Europe, was absolute monarchy, where all state power was in the hands of the king. In such absolute monarchies, administration as state administrative law involved the creation of regulations (legislative), their execution (executive), and the maintenance of state administrative law in terms of supervision (judicial), all concentrated in the hands of the king, for his interests. The system of state administrative law was characterized by centralization and concentration. In this concentrated system, other state apparatus were merely assistants to the king and thus could not take initiatives on their own in performing their functions.

Thus, there was only one type of power, that of the king, hence the government of state administrative law is often referred to as Eka Praja government. In such states, the king could act arbitrarily, which resulted in the suppression and limitation of the freedom and independence of the citizens. The rights and freedom of the citizens were not recognized at all.

The arbitrary actions of the king led to the emergence…