XCUS-162 - Administrative Law

Course Description

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This course is an introduction to the legal principles that undergird the administrative state. Administrative law the regulation of labor, immigration, the environment, telecommunications, consumer, occupational, and health safety, national security initiatives, financial markets, taxation, and prisons. It also directs the eligibility and disbursement decisions of public benefits programs, including Social Security and Medicaid. It is from these perspectives that we will explore the creation of federal administrative agencies, the constitutional limitations on the agencies’ authority and organizational structure, the normative and policy implications of the design of administrative institutions and programs, the adjudicatory and rulemaking powers of administrative agencies, and the various legal actions that can be brought to challenge administrative action.

Course Outline

Topics Include:

• Formation of agencies
• Governing sources
• Rulemaking, Adjudication and Informal decision making
• Judicial review of administrative decisions
• Due process requirements
• Liabilities of agencies
• Freedom of Information Act