文档介绍：美国法上的行政协议及其启示
摘要行政协议是当代行政领域处理跨部门和跨地域行政合作问题而出现的新形式，为世界各国所采取；但其法律性质是什么，各国理论界和实务界的看法并不太一致。美国对行政协议的关注意在探究行政协议的本质及其制订怎样能够正当，而则侧重于强调其契约性，并未对行政协议的内容进行程序性规制。那种认为行政协议就是行政契约的看法值得商榷，该看法并未全方面揭示行政协议的本质，这对于从法律上规制行政协议，使其充足发挥功效是不利的。
关键词行政协议 行政契约 规则制订 行政立法
英文摘要Administrative agreement，a newlydevised way to solve the issues concerning transdepartmentor transregional cooperation in modern administrative field，has been adopted by many countries. However, opinions of academics and practitioners in different countries differ as to the implication of administrative agreement in law. What American scholars are interested in is how to study its essence and how to enter into it so asto enable it effective，while Chinese counterparts are endeavoring to study its contractual features rather thanregulating procedurally the contents of administrative agreement. The argument that maintains an administrativeagreement is nothing but an administrative contract is inadequate for it fails to afford an overall description ofthe essence of administrative agreement，which will produce an adverse effect on regulating administrative agreement to stimulate its full function.
英文关键词administrative agreement administrative contract rulemaking administrative law
因为行政事务的复杂性和交叉关联的现象逐步增多，美国联邦行政机关现在较多地使用了“行政协议”(administrative agreement）的方法以增强行政机关之间相互合作，进而使政府运转正常{1}。这些协议关键以备忘录（Letters of Understanding or Mem