Administrative Law

Administrative agencies exercise government authority in areas as diverse as environmental protection, banking, and communications. This course focuses on federal administrative agencies, their constitutional and statutory structure, and their role in setting public policy across a wide range of domains. Topics will include the constitutional basis for, and limits on, agency power, the role of agencies in interpreting statutes, judicial review of agency action, and the procedures for agency rulemaking and adjudication. There will be a particular emphasis on the Administrative Procedure Act (APA), and the allocation of authority among the courts, Congress, the President, and the agencies.