"The principles of administration," long discredited in public administration, have found a new home: constitutional law. The jurisprudence of the Burger-Rehnquist Court, which appears incoherent to many legal scholars, is actually quite coherent with the "old public administration's" principles. This article reviews major cases in several different areas of the law, including due process, search and seizure, and separation of powers to demonstrate this coherence and explores its normative significance. Particular attention is given to the question of official immunity.
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