Does administrative law inhibit good government?

Administrative law, it might be said, suffers from both an image problem and an identity crisis.
From the perspective of members of the public, the prospect of relying upon administrative law
may seem remote and expensive,1 frequently turning out to be little more than a "hollow hope"
in terms of its capacity to produce meaningful change. Meanwhile, from the perspective of
government actors, administrative law–and the censorious judge peering over one’s shoulder–
is often said to seem too proximate, burdensome, and, increasingly, an impediment to good and
effective government. At times, it seems the only people with something positive to say about
administrative law are the administrative lawyers.