Public Law and Public Administration

by Cooper, Philip J.

• ISBN13: 9780875814216
• ISBN10: 0875814212
• Edition: 3rd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-01-01
• Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing

Summary

Prepare for your career in government service with PUBLIC LAW AND PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION! With the increasingly significant role of contracting out in public administration, this book is a must read for anyone who plans to enter the field of government service or public administration. Based on the premise that there is a complex, ongoing interaction between law and administration in the United States, this readable political science text proposes that administrative law problems are not only legal but also administrative and political.

Table of Contents

Part I: FOUNDATIONS OF ADMINISTRATIVE JUSTICE

1. Introduction: Defining the Field

2. The Law in Books: An Introduction to Legal Research

3. The Law in Action: Judicial Policymaking

4. A History of Law and Administration

Part II: THE FORMAL ADMINISTRATIVE PROCESS

5. Agency Rulemaking

6. Administrative Adjudications

7. Judicial Review

Part III: LAW, POLITICS, AND ADMINISTRATION

8. Informal Process: "The Lifeblood of the Administrative Process

9. Administrative Discretion: Uses, Abuses, Controversies, and Remedies

10. Politics and Regulatory Agencies: Law and Politics in Administration

11. Acquisition, Use, and Dissemination of Information: A System of Information Policy

12. The Law and Public Employees

13. Administrative Responsibility

14. Law and Administration for the Twenty-First Century

Appendix 1: Mathews v

Eldridge: The Anatomy of an Administrative Law Case

Appendix 2: The EPA and Environmental Justice: New Regulation, Social Policy, in the Context of Sustainable Development

Appendix 3: The Administrative Procedure Act

Appendix 4: Executive Orders 12866, 12291, and 12498. Appendix 5: Selected Readings on Law and Administration