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Administrative Law: A Contemporary Approach

6th Edition
Andrew F. Popper | Gwendolyn M. McKee Savitz | Anthony E. Varona | Mark C. Niles
ISBN: 9798895451090
Subject: Administrative Law
Format: Print & Electronic - Hardbound
Copyright: 2025 | Status: Coming Soon

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Administrative Law: A Contemporary Approach, 5th edition, is a reorganization and updating of the 4th edition. This book was written as administrative law is becoming the centerpiece in a national discourse on governance.

With twenty or so new Supreme Court cases, countless lower court decisions, and, as of the date of publication of this casebook, 200 new executive orders, administrative law has become the subject of headlines in the press, online, in every political campaign, and more. At first glance, when it comes to the role of the President, Congress, the courts, and of course the agencies, nothing seems settled. In this casebook, we take on those questions and, importantly, honor and include the core of governance that has not changed.

There are many unanswered questions. What is the fate of independent agencies, referred to in executive orders as “so-called independent agencies”? What are the metes and bounds of presidential power—is the “unitary executive” formulation vesting extraordinary power in the White House—or is it a linguistic convenience to justify inordinate and almost limitless power in the Oval Office? Is the “major question doctrine” a genuine substantive doctrine or, like unitary executive, simply a label to justify decisions of the Court inconsistent with precedent.

The 5th edition provides a comprehensive and apolitical presentation of the doctrine, substance, and promise of administrative law. The text honors and retains the traditional materials that remain and explores the above questions via the best tool we know—caselaw, past and present.

Finally, this is an interactive casebook where students have access to 200 or so multiple choice questions and answers organized by chapter, “blue boxes” that highlight major points, a “recent sightings” box after a number of cases, and a new feature: for new cases where it is as yet unclear where they will fit in, “summary presentations” replete with facts, issues, rules, and pithy quotes.

At bottom, the goal of the authors is simple: deal with the complexities and powerful forces in play through a casebook that is, above all else, highly teachable.

This title utilizes the CasebookPlus™ platform. Anchored by faculty-authored self-assessments, CasebookPlus allows students to test their understanding of core concepts as they are learning them in class with quizzes keyed to each chapter, subject area review quizzes, and helpful explanations. Learn more at Faculty-CasebookPlus.com.


Imprint: West Academic Publishing
Series: Interactive Casebook Series
Publication Date: 08/06/2025

Andrew F. Popper, American University Washington College of Law

Gwendolyn M. McKee Savitz, University of Tulsa College of Law

Anthony E. Varona, Seattle University School of Law

Mark C. Niles, St. John's University School of Law

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Administrative Law: A Contemporary Approach, 5th edition, has been rewritten and updated. The book sets out the historical and current arguments regarding regulation and controversies pertaining to separation of powers, the metes and bounds of presidential power, and the changing role of congress and the courts as each relates to the regulatory state. That is followed by sections on rulemaking, adjudication, judicial review, and application of ad law in select fields.

There are number of new features in the book including the addition of relevant new principle cases (listed below), a hot-linked listing of 125 recent executive orders, and a new “Summary Presentation” modality for select cases to ease the burden on students as they work to assimilate this complex and rapidly changing field.

A sampling of what’s new in the 5th edition:

125 Executive Orders from January 2025 to April 2025 (in the front materials)
CFPB v. Community Financial Services (2024)
In re Donald Trump The Emoluments case
Summary Presentation: Trump v. Anderson (2024)
Alexander v. South Carolina State Conference of the NAACP (2024)
Biden v. Nebraska (2023)
West Va. v. EPA (2024)
Summary Presentation Fischer v. United States (2024)
Garland v. Cargill (2024)
Summary Presentation United States v. Rahimi (2024)
Major Change in Adjudicatory Process: Enforcement and other agency action Securities & Exchange Commission v. Jarkesy (2024)
Summary Presentation: Moyle v. U. S. (2024)
Corner Post v. Bd of Governors of the Federal Reserve (2024)
Little Lobster Bat v. Evans (2024)
Ohio v. EPA (2024)
Case synopsis of Ohio v. EPA 5th
Summary Presentation Moody v. Net Choice (2024)
Summary Presentation of Murthy c. Missouri (2024)
Summary Presentation Campos-Chavez v. Garland (2024)
Case Summary Culley v. Marshall (2024)
Case Summary Acheson Hotel v. Laufer (2024)
Johnson v. Bercerra (2024)
Case Summary Starbucks v. McKinney (2024)
Loper and the new jurisprudence of Judicial Review
From Chevron to Loper and Never the Twain Shall Meet (2024)
Loper-Bright v. Raimondo (2024)
Chevron Out, Skidmore In? (2024)
Post Loper cases using and not using Skidmore (2024)
The Major Question Doctrine (2024)
West Virginia v. EPA (2024)
Case synopsis of W. Va. v. EPA (2024) 564
Biden v. Nebraska in (2024)

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