Administrative Law Examples and Explanations

With all the important recent developments in administrative law, make sure your students are not consulting an outdated study guide for extra assistance. ADMINISTRATIVE LAW: Examples & Explanations, Second Edition, is a straightforward and completely current resource that you can recommend with confidence.

This effective paperback adheres to the successful Examples & Explanations series style:

• distinguished authors known for their writing in the field clarify difficult topics for students
• the emphasis on federal administrative law is consistent with the approach of most major casebooks
• writing is clear and accessible to facilitate comprehension
• the text provides big-picture overviews of essential topics, plus sufficient detail for understanding and applying principles
• examples and explanations focus on vivid, real-world issues and essential principles and practices
• modular chapter organization allows chapters to be studied in any order and makes the book equally useful with various course configurations
• offers thorough coverage of the Administrative Procedure Act as well as other key statutes and judicial opinions
• includes the standard major cases, such as Goldberg v. Kelly, Chevron v. NRDC, Hearst v. NLRB, Chrysler Corp. v. Brown, and Vermont Nuclear Power Corp. v. NRDC

Thoroughly updated for its Second Edition, the text now addresses:

• recent Supreme Court decisions, including: Southern Utah on judicial review of agency inaction; National Cable & Telecommunications Assn v. Brand X Internet Services on when judicial interpretations of statutes do not preclude agencies from adopting contrary interpretations; Barnhart v. Walton on the applicability of Chevron; Cheney v. U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia on the separation-of-powers doctrine and the Federal Advisory Committee Act; and National Archives and Records Administration v. Favish on the Freedom of Information Act
• post-Mead developments in the Chevron doctrine, including how Chevron applies to agency interpretations of statutes already construed by courts
• relevant post-9/11 legislative, executive, and lower-court developments affecting the Freedom of Information Act, including the new FOIA exemption created by the Critical Infrastructure Information Act of 2002
• the Data Quality Act and its effects on rulemaking, government acquisition of private information, and public access to government information