Administrative Law and Process in a nutshell

✍ Scribed by Ronald Levin, Jeffrey Lubbers

• Publisher: West Academic Publishing
• Year: 2016
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 197
• Edition: 6
• Category: Library

✦ Table of Contents

Preface
Table of Cases
Table of Statutes
Table of Agencies
Introduction
Chapter I. The Delegation of Authority to Agencies
A. The Delegation Issue
B. Development of Doctrine
C. Modern Nondelegation Controversies
D. Construction to Save a Delegation
E. Delegation of Judicial Power
Chapter II. Political Controls over Agency Action
A. Legislative Oversight by Formal Action
B. Informal Legislative Oversight
C. Control over Personnel
1. Appointment of Officers
2. Removal of Officers
3. The Congressional Role
D. Other Executive Oversight
1. Office of Management and Budget
2. Department of Justice
E. The Future of Separation of Powers
Chapter III. The Scope of Judicial Review
A. Law, Fact, and Discretion
B. Legal Issues
1. General Principles
2. Exceptional Cases
3. Interpreting Agency Regulations
C. Substantial Evidence Review
D. Abuse of Discretion Review
E. Findings and Reasons
F. Review on the Administrative Record
G. Review of Rules
1. Hard Look Review
2. Scientific Uncertainty
3. Remedies
4. Substantial Evidence Review
H. Agency Inaction and Delay
I. Conclusion
Chapter IV. Acquiring and Disclosing Information
A. Agency Investigations in Context
B. Subpoenas: General Principles
C. Self-Incrimination
D. Searches and Inspections
E. Disclosure of Agency Records
F. Open Meetings
Chapter V. The Informal Administrative Process
A. Settlement, Negotiation, and Alternative Dispute Resolution
B. Applications and Claims
C. Tests and Inspections
D. Suspensions, Seizures, and Recalls
E. Supervision
F. Information Disclosure and Publicity
G. Advice and Declaratory Orders
H. Waivers of Regulatory Requirements
I. Contracts and Grants
J. Management
Chapter VI. Procedural Due Process
A. Interests Protected by Due Process
1. Property
2. Liberty
B. Other Threshold Issues
C. The Process That Is Due
1. Prior Notice and Hearing
2. Trial-Type Hearings
3. Right to Counsel
4. An Impartial Decisionmaker
5. Findings and Conclusions
D. The Future of the “Due Process Revolution”
Chapter VII. Formal Adjudications
A. The Structure of APA Adjudication
B. Parties
1. Notice
2. Intervention
C. Discovery
D. Evidence
1. Presentation of Case
2. Cross-Examination
E. The Institutional Decision
1. The Presiding Officer
2. Ex Parte Contacts
3. Separation of Functions
F. Bias and Prejudgment
G. Findings, Conclusions, and Reasons
Chapter VIII. Procedural Shortcuts
A. Avoiding Hearings Through Rulemakings
B. Summary Judgment
C. Official Notice
Chapter IX. Rules and Rulemaking
A. The Growth of Rulemaking
B. The Types of Administrative Rules
C. Rulemaking Procedures
1. The APA Procedural Models
2. Judicially Imposed Participation Rights
3. Ex Parte Contacts and Prejudgment
D. Executive Oversight
E. Rulemaking by Negotiation
F. Required Rulemaking
G. Petitions for Rulemaking
H. Conclusion: Rulemaking in Transition
Chapter X. Obtaining Judicial Review
A. Jurisdiction: Routes to Review
B. Unreviewable Administrative Actions
1. Statutory Preclusion of Review
2. Committed to Agency Discretion
C. Standing
1. Early Case Law
2. Constitutional Standing
3. Zone of Interests
D. Timing of Judicial Review
1. Finality
2. Exhaustion
3. Ripeness
E. Primary Jurisdiction
F. Damage Actions Against the Government
G. Damage Actions Against Officers
Appendix. Selected Constitutional and Statutory Provisions
Index