Administrative Law for Public Managers

Focuses on the essentials that public managers should know about administrative law—why we have administrative law, the constitutional structure for and constraints on public administration, and administrative law’s formats for rulemaking, adjudication, enforcement, transparency, and judicial and legislative review or administrative activity. Views administrative law from the perspectives of administrative practice, rather than lawyering, with an emphasis on how various administrative law provisions promote their underlying goals of improving the fit between public administration and U.S. democratic-constitutionalism. Organized around federal administrative law while including references to state practices where appropriate, the book explains the essentials of administrative law clearly, concisely, and accurately, in non-technical terms, and in sufficient depth to provide readers with a sophisticated, lasting understanding of the subject matter. Includes new cases and examples throughout the text, updated suggestions for additional reading, refreshed chapter discussion questions, and expanded treatment of guidance documents, administrative "dark matter," and the Congressional Review Act