Administrative Law

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This current, objective and authoritative treatise and guide analyzes all aspects of administrative law and the administrative process.

In Administrative Law and Practice a former FTC attorney provides advice, techniques, and tips on the procedures necessary for engaging federal and state agencies in all avenues of regulated conduct. This might involve judicial review of agency decisions or, ultimately, suing the federal or state government. The text examines differences between Model State Administrative Procedure Act and federal practice, state court, and legislative pronouncements, and discusses powers and procedures for anything under government regulation. It also covers:

• Employment, business, and environmental law
Immigration
• Prison conduct
• Agency rulemaking
• Elements of trial-type adjudication
• Due process rights and informal adjudication
• Judicial action
• Standards of review and reviewability
• Limitations on judicial review
• Public information about administrative decision-making
• Freedom of information

Each topic explores the agency's internal decision-making procedures and the external legislative and judicial controls on administrative actions. The author purposefully addresses both the specialist and general practitioner with occasional agency issues. Short sections allow quick insight into material, and the author's annual pocket parts ensure thorough, up-to-date commentary.

Texas Administrative Practice and Procedure offers valuable guidance on this complex, ever-changing subject. Since the adoption of the Texas Administrative Procedure Act in 1976, legal practitioners have a reliable reference using Texas Administrative Practice and Procedure on all aspects of administrative procedure. This work also presents excellent coverage of substantive and procedural challenges to agency action.

You'll find expert research on contested cases from any point in the process: prehearing to hearing, post-hearing to judicial review. A one-stop authoritative source offering a wealth of information on:

• Rulemaking procedures
• Procedural and constitutional challenges during judicial review
• Scope of agency adjudicative power
• Impact of constitutional procedure due process on agency decision-making
• Analysis of what should be considered when preparing a contested case proceeding, properly preserving error for appeal, or refining an appeal

Examines federal administrative practice, providing checklists, forms, instructions and citations. Topics under discussion include: Federal Departments, Agencies and Administration, Internal Revenue, Labor Relations, Workers' Compensation Acts, Government Contracts, Accounting and Claims, Federal Financing, Securities Regulation, Postal Service, Business Regulations, Energy, Environmental Law, Transportation, Education, Agriculture, Public Lands, Public Health, Welfare, Military Service, Benefits and Courts, Civil Service, Passports, Immigration, Naturalization, Deportation, Federal Criminal Procedure, Bankruptcy Law and Practice, Federal Courts and Procedure, Qualified Retirement Plans, RICO, Occupational Safety and Health Act, Collective Bargaining in the Federal Service, and Civil Rights other than, and including, Employment