POL 3850 Administrative Law

Administrative law is the legal framework within which government agencies operate. This course examines the history of American administrative law; theories of agency behavior; the constitutional doctrines of separation of powers and procedural due process; methods of analysis of federal, state, and local agency procedures; the procedural framework of the Administrative Procedure Act; judicial, executive, and legislative control of agency discretion; formal agency processes for adjudication and rulemaking; and the scope of judicial review.
Credits: 3.0