This treatise provides a comprehensively updated analysis of administrative law in the United States, placing special emphasis on topics undergoing significant evolution or transformation in the Supreme Court and federal courts of appeals. These include, for example, the latest developments in Congress's authority to delegate legislative authority to agencies, deference to agency legal interpretations, the so-called "major questions doctrine," modern due process issues, and the presidential appointments power. The fundamental purposes of this book are to assess and explain the current state of the core doctrines of administrative law, place the most important aspects of those doctrines in a historical context, and identify important trends that can help readers understand how the doctrines may continue to evolve. The book is intended to serve practitioners, scholars, and students of administrative law.


Imprint: West Academic Publishing
Series: Hornbooks
Publication Date: 03/13/2023

Alfred C. Aman, Jr., Indiana University School of Law - Bloomington

Landyn Wm. Rookard, Loyola University-New Orleans College of Law

William T. Mayton

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  • The Fourth Edition includes substantial updates throughout, addressing the latest developments on topics such as the nondelegation doctrine, major questions doctrine, administrative deference doctrines, and the presidential appointments power and removal power. The entire volume has been substantially revised.
  • The new edition gives expanded coverage to Chevron v. NRDC and controversies likely to affect its future.
  • The new edition provides extensive discussion of recent developments in judicial review, including new applications of the Hard Look Doctrine.
  • It also examines various current approaches to separation of powers issues in administrative proceedings and their wider implications for the relative powers of the three branches of government.
  • The book covers administrative law since the previous edition in 2014, reflecting key developments under the Obama, Trump, and early Biden administrations.
  • Landyn Wm. Rookard has joined as a coauthor and has updated, rewritten, and reorganized eight of the chapters in the new edition, including those addressing rulemaking, due process, timing and availability of judicial review, and more.
  • The new due process chapter highlights current issues, such as university disciplinary proceedings, "no-fly" restrictions, and public employment-related issues.
  • The new timing and availability of judicial review chapter discusses the latest standing cases and their impact on private consumer protection claims.

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