Luca De Lucia, Daria de Pretis, Fabio Merusi and Sabino Cassese discuss the book entitled «Verwaltungsrechtliche Dogmatik», by Eberhard Schmidt-Assmann. The scholars address the most significant issues raised by this important work, such as the dogmatics of administrative law and its reform, the main features of the «New science of administrative law», its future development and perspectives.