Administrative Law

by Pierce Jr., Richard J.

• ISBN13: 9781609301132
• ISBN10: 1609301137
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2012-02-16
• Publisher: Foundation Press

Summary

This mini-treatise discusses and analyzes principal concepts of administrative law and process, including the political and legal nature of administrative law; legislative control of administrative discretion; executive control of administrative discretion; judicial control of agency discretion (threshold issues, procedural issues, substantive issues); and access to private and public information.

Author Biography

Richard Pierce is Lyle T. Alverson Professor of Law at George Washington University. He has written over a dozen books and one hundred articles about administrative law. He is author of the leading multi-volume treatise in the field.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. iii
Introductory Overview	p. 1
Delegation of Power to Agencies	p. 7
Constitutional Limits on the Power to Delegate Policymaking	p. 7
Constitutional Limits on the Power to Delegate Adjudication	p. 11
Adjudication	p. 18
Introductory Overview	p. 18
Formal Adjudication	p. 20
Informal Adjudication	p. 23
Influence of Due Process	p. 27
Scope of Due Process	p. 27
Procedures Required by Due Process	p. 32
Judicial Review	p. 39
Procedural Errors	p. 39
Substantial Evidence	p. 40
Arbitrary and Capricious	p. 42
Errors of Law	p. 45
Record on Review	p. 46
De Novo Review	p. 47
Estoppel, Res Judicata, Collateral Estoppel, and Agency Non-Acquiescence in Judicial Decisions	p. 48
Equitable Estoppel	p. 48
Res Judicata and Collateral Estoppel	p. 49
Agency Non-Acquiescence in Circuit Court Decsions	p. 50
Maintaining Consistency	p. 52
Rules and Rulemaking	p. 57
Introductory Overview	p. 57
Legislative Rules	p. 59
Formal Rulemaking	p. 60
Informal Rulemaking	p. 61
Advantages of Informal Rulemaking	p. 62
Judicial Interpretations of Notice	p. 65
Judicial Interpretations of Statement of Basis and Purpose	p. 67
Procedures Added by Congress	p. 68
Procedures Added by Presidents	p. 69
Legislative Rules-Continued
Negotiated Rulemaking	p. 69
Agency Interpretations of Legislative Rules	p. 70
Petitions for Rulemaking	p. 71
Mandatory Rulemaking	p. 71
Retroactive Rules	p. 73
Interpretative Rules	p. 74
Policy Statements	p. 77
Procedural Rules	p. 79
Other Exempt Rules	p. 79
Judicial Review of Rules	p. 80
Procedural Errors	p. 81
Arbitrary and Capricious	p. 81
The Record on Review	p. 86
Statutory Construction in the Administrative State	p. 87
The Pre-Chevron Law	p. 87
The Chevron Two-Step	p. 88
Effects of Chevron	p. 89
Scope of Chevron	p. 90
Agency Delay	p. 92
The Problem	p. 92
Legal Remedies for Delay	p. 92
The APA Remedy	p. 92
Statutory Deadlines	p. 93
Forbidden Remedies	p. 94
Reviewability	p. 96
Presumption of Reviewability	p. 96
Statutory Preclusion of Review	p. 98
Committed to Agency Discretion by Law	p. 98
Presumption of Unreviewability of Agency Inaction	p. 99
Timing of Review	p. 102
Introductory Overview	p. 102
Final Agency Action	p. 103
Ripeness	p. 105
Exhaustion of Administrative Remedies	p. 110
Common Law Exhaustion	p. 111
Statutory Exhaustion	p. 113
Intra-Agency Appeals	p. 114
Issue Exhaustion	p. 114
Primary Jurisdiction	p. 115
Standing	p. 117
Introductory Overview	p. 117
Constitutional Limits on Standing	p. 118
Injury in Fact	p. 118
Constitutional Limits on Standing-Continued
Causation	p. 119
Redressability	p. 121
Standing of Associations	p. 121
Injury, Causation, and Redressability in Context	p. 122
Economic Injuries	p. 122
Environmental Injuries	p. 122
Informational Injuries	p. 128
Procedural Injuries	p. 130
Statutory Prerequisites of Standing	p. 131
Political Controls	p. 133
Legislative Controls	p. 133
Statutes	p. 133
Less Formal Means of Control	p. 135
Constitutional Limits on Legislative Power	p. 136
Due Process	p. 136
Legislative Vetoes	p. 136
Agencies Controlled by Congress	p. 138
Executive Controls	p. 139
The Appointment Power	p. 139
The Removal Power	p. 139
Informal Influence	p. 145
Systematic controls	p. 146
Agency Power to Investigate	p. 149
Introductory Overview	p. 149
Mandatory Reports and the Subpoena Power	p. 149
Agency Inspections	p. 150
Freedom of Information Act and Other Open Government Acts	p. 152
The Freedom of Information Act	p. 152
Disclosure to Any Person	p. 152
Timing and Cost of Disclosure	p. 153
Exemptions	p. 154
Exemption One: National Security	p. 155
Exemption Two: Internal Personnel Rules	p. 155
Exemption Three: Information Exempted by Other Statutes	p. 155
Exemption Four: Trade Secrets	p. 155
Exemption Five: Inter-Agency and Intra-Agency Memoranda	p. 156
Exemption Six: Personal Privacy	p. 157
Exemption Seven: Law Enforcement Records	p. 157
Exemption Eight: Records of Financial Institutions	p. 158
Exemption Nine: Oil Well Data	p. 158
Exemption Ten:' Critical Infrastructure	p. 158
The Freedom of Information Act-Continued
Exemption Eight: Records of Financial Institutions	p. 158
Exemption Nine: Oil Well Data	p. 158
Exemption Ten: Critical Infrastructure	p. 158
The Privacy Act	p. 158
Sunshine Act	p. 159
Advisory Committee Act	p. 159
Private Rights of Action for Violations of Agency Administered Statutes	p. 161
Express Private Rights of Action	p. 162
Implied Private Rights of Action	p. 164
Rights Enforceable Through 1983	p. 165
Tort Actions Against Agencies and Agency Officials	p. 167
Federal Tort Claims Act	p. 167
Bivens Actions	p. 170
Section 1983 Actions	p. 171
Table of Cases	p. 173
Index	p. 181
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