Law Number 30 of 2014 concerning Government Administration (Government Administration Law) is a material law for Government Administration Officials and Bodies in providing services and Government Administration Decisions to the public. For judges at the State Administrative Court, the Law on Government Administration is the basis for examining individual/community group lawsuits against Government Administration Decisions. As for the public, the Government Administration Act is a legal instrument to obtain legal certainty and protection. With these juridical instruments, good governance can be realized in the rule of law in Indonesia.
Thus the importance of the Law on Government Administration in government life and the relationship between the government and society, therefore efforts to internalize the materials in the Law for students at the Faculty of Law need to be made. One way to internalize the material is to make changes to the teaching curriculum in a number of courses in the field of State Administrative Law. The preparation of the curriculum not only serves as a new teaching material, but is also an effort to build a Study of State Administrative Law, as well as strengthen the role of State Administrative Law in the development of law and the state in Indonesia to realize good governance.
The existence of this HAN Study Program feels so important in the midst of government efforts and in accordance with community expectations to realize good governance. In order to support and provide ammunition for the mainstreaming of good governance, the world of higher education, especially the state administrative law study program is required to carry out a learning process in order to produce graduates who can become reliable human resources in government and are in accordance with the developments and expectations of the community so that it can be realized. good governance.
The main points of discussion in state administrative law have basically been taught in several universities, both at the law faculty and at the social and political science faculty, majoring in state administration, including in state administration institutions. However, given the dynamics of government practice and the rapid development of theories of state administration, as well as public ideas about the need for a law on government administration in Indonesia, this condition creates a new awareness that the curriculum of state administrative law that has been taught in universities needs to be revised and synergized these two scientific studies (science and law of state administration) into a curriculum that is more comprehensive and is likely to be able to answer the challenges of government administration which is increasingly developing and dynamic.
The presence of the Government Administration Law is a strategic entry point for improving the curriculum of state administration science and law so that students in both the law study program and the state administration science department can better understand and be adaptive to the development of state administration science and law. Thus, the revision and integration of the curricula of the two fields of study in order to be harmonized or adapted to the draft government administration law becomes a "conditio sine qua non" for the development of science and state administrative law and for students who are interested in the field of state administrative law.
Therefore, the essence of the SAL-SP courses is how students understand that every government action must be conducted based on state administrative law. If the state apparatus is able to master the material and practical concept of State Administrative Law, good governance can be implemented. For that, the philosophy of the study program is “reliable bureaucrats to establish good governance”. This philosophy is reflected in the learning process that leads to the knowledge and skills possessed by a state apparatus. For example, in the learning process in various material subjects, students are always directed to conduct analysis through juridical thinking (using statutory regulations) based on the state administrative law concept. Therefore, the legality aspect which is one of the bases for achieving good governance can be formed in the students’ mind frame
The learning philosophy of the SAL-SP is certainly in line with the vision of the study program. Dissemination of the vision that includes the educational philosophy of the study program has been distributed to stakeholders in the curriculum forum and the academic community within the study program through the faculty website, brochures, and guide books. The educational philosophy of the study program can also be perceived directly, especially by students in every learning process.