Administrative Law Syllabus Spring 2019
Resources about adjudication, rulemaking and information management by government agencies.
Federal Administrative Procedure Act resources
- Statute https://www.archives.gov/federal-register/laws/administrative-procedure
- Attorney General’s Manual on the Administrative Procedure Act (1947) http://www.law.fsu.edu/library/admin/1947cover.html;
- Curtis W. Copeland, “Federal Rulemaking: The Role of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs” (updated June 9, 2009) at http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/RL32397.pdf
Federal Freedom of Information Act and other public records resources
- https://www.foia.gov/
- Statute https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/5/552
- Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press https://www.ifoia.org/
- Articles & Insights
- CREW, FOIA Requests – EPA https://www.citizensforethics.org/foia/foia-request-environmental-protection-agency-administrative-holds-reviews/ and https://www.citizensforethics.org/lawsuit/crew-v-environmental-protection-agency-pruitt-ethics-foia/
- Randy S. Springer, Gatekeeping and the Federal
Register: An Analysis of the Publication Requirement of
Section 552(a)(1)(D) of the Administrative Procedure
Act, 41 Admin. L. Rev. 533 (1989)
Administrative Law & the U.S. Code
- Congressional Review Act text
- CRS Report, FAQs on CRA (2016 version)
- Congressional Research Service, Statutory Interpretation: General Principles and Recent Trends, Order Code 97-589 (updated August 31, 2008) at http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/97-589.pdf
Major Themes
- WaPo, Does Trump Believe in the Value of Expertise? https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/does-trump-believe-in-the-value-of-expertise-or-does-he-disdain-it/2018/03/31/b2cacf1c-345a-11e8-8abc-22a366b72f2d_story.html?utm_term=.2b8a625d357b
