Administrative Law

1 Unit · Graduate

Focuses on public law generally and administrative law particularly. Provides students with a grounding in the functions of public administrative law with special emphasis on procedural due process and rule-making. Students learn the genesis of administrative rules and their impact on private and public affairs and the reasons why Congress delegates so much authority to administrative bodies. In addition, students will critically examine the various oversight mechanisms designed to monitor and check administrative abuses. Students become familiar with the federal register, the scope and power of administrative law judges, the impact of judicial review on agency decisions, and understand administrative law "in the context of the American political system."