For
Administrative Law: Bureaucracy
in a Democracy
5th Edition
Author
Daniel E. Hall, J.D., Ed.D., Miami University
Prentice Hall
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,CONTENTS
Chapter Outlines
Chapter 1: Introduction .............................................................................................. 2
Chapter 2: Bureaucracy and Democracy ..................................................................... 5
Chapter 3: Agency Discretion.................................................................................... 10
Chapter 4: The Requirements of Fairness .................................................................. 15
Chapter 5: Delegation............................................................................................... 26
Chapter 6: Agency Rulemaking ................................................................................. 35
Chapter 7: Agency Investigations and Information Collection .................................... 42
Chapter 8: Formal Adjudications ............................................................................... 51
Chapter 9: Accountability Through Reviewability ....................................................... 63
Chapter 10: Accountability Through Accessibility ...................................................... 76
Chapter 11: Accountability Through Liability ............................................................. 89
Answers to Chapter Questions
Chapter 1: Introduction .......................................................................................... 102
Chapter 2: Bureaucracy and Democracy ................................................................. 104
Chapter 3: Agency Discretion.................................................................................. 107
Chapter 4: The Requirements of Fairness ................................................................ 110
Chapter 5: Delegation............................................................................................. 112
,Chapter 6: Agency Rulemaking ............................................................................... 114
Chapter 7: Agency Investigations and Information Collection .................................. 116
Chapter 8: Formal Adjudications ............................................................................. 119
Chapter 9: Accountability through Reviewability ..................................................... 122
Chapter 10: Accountability through Accessibility..................................................... 124
Chapter 11: Accountability through Liability ............................................................ 127
Test Bank
Chapter 1: Introduction .......................................................................................... 131
Chapter 2: Bureaucracy and Democracy ................................................................. 137
Chapter 3: Agency Discretion.................................................................................. 143
Chapter 4: The Requirements of Fairness ................................................................ 150
Chapter 5: Delegation............................................................................................. 156
Chapter 6: Agency Rulemaking ............................................................................... 162
Chapter 7: Agency Investigations and Information Collection .................................. 168
Chapter 8: Formal Adjudications ............................................................................. 175
Chapter 9: Accountability through Reviewability ..................................................... 182
Chapter 10: Accountability through Accessibility..................................................... 188
Chapter 11: Accountability through Liability ............................................................ 194
, Chapter 1 Chapter Outline
INTRODUCTION
1.1 ADMINISTRATIVE LAW DEFINED
• Body of law developed to control and administer agency’s behavior and function
• Administrative law defines agency’s
o Powers
o Limitations
o Procedures
1.2 SOURCES OF ADMINISTRATIVE LAW
1.2(a) Constitution
• Significant source of law in the administrative context, including;
o Separation of powers
o Federalism
o Article I (powers of the National government
o Article I (interstate commerce)
o Fifth Amendment due process
o Fourteenth Amendment equal protection
1.2(b) Enabling Laws
• Statute that establishes an agency
o Sets forth responsibilities
o Sets forth authority
1.2(c) Administrative Procedures Act
• Federal
o Passed in 1946
o Comprehensive but preempted by enabling statute
• State (uniform state APA)
o Approved in 1946 by;
• National Conference on Uniform State Laws
• American Bar Association
o Amended twice (1961 and 1981)
o Adopted by 30 states and the District of Columbia (as of 2/2005)
o 20 states have adopted another form of administrative procedures law
1.2(d) Executive Orders
• An executive order has the effect of a statute
• Sources of authority for president to issue an executive order;
o Article II (inherent authority to regulate as chief executive)
o Authorization of Congress
• Executive orders are generally preempted by statutes
o Exception – if Congress has specifically delegated authority to act to the
president
• Executive orders are published in the Federal Register
1.3 ADMINISTRATIVE AGENCIES
• May be called:
o Departments
o Commissions
o Bureaus
o Councils