Legal Literacy - This article discusses the theory of state administrative law. The field of state administration can be seen from the development of these theories as follows.

1. State Administrative Law Theory: Ekapraja (Ekatantra) Theory

In the 14th and 15th centuries, the system of government in general, especially in Europe, was an absolute monarchy, where all state power was in one hand, namely the king. In this absolute monarchy, administration as state administrative law that makes regulations (legislative) and implements (executive) and maintains state administrative law in the sense of supervising (judicial) all rests with the king, for his interests. The state administrative law government system is centralized and concentrated. In a concentration system, other state apparatuses are assistants to the king so they may not take their own initiative in carrying out their functions.

Therefore, there is only one kind of power, namely the power of the king, so the state administrative law government is often called the Eka Praja state administrative law government. In such a country, the king can do and act arbitrarily, which results in the freedom and independence of citizens being suppressed and narrow. The rights and freedoms of citizens are not recognized at all.

As a result of the arbitrary actions and actions of the king, thinkers and scholars about the state and law were born who wanted to break through the absolute monarchy state administrative law government system and wanted a system that recognized and guaranteed individual rights and was guaranteed and protected by law.