"Administrative law is a division of law governing the activities of executive branch agencies of government."
Covers the process of adjudication in administrative law, including the role of administrative judges, the right to a hearing, and the standard of review for administrative decisions.
Adjudicative Procedure: Learning how legal disputes are resolved, including the roles of different stakeholders in the process.
Administrative Law: Understanding the various functions of administrative law, including its scope, regulatory authority, and the powers of administrative agencies.
Case Law Interpretation: Deciphering the nuances of legal precedent and how it influences case decisions.
Constitutional Law: Understanding the US Constitution and how it interacts with administrative law.
Contract Law: Comprehending the legal obligations established by contract terms and the circumstances under which contracts may be enforced.
Ethics: Understanding the moral and ethical obligations of administrative agencies to ensure their activities are transparent and unbiased.
Evidence: Learning how to gather and interpret the evidence necessary to decide cases in administrative law.
Interpretation of Statutes and Regulations: Understanding how administrative law is dependent on statutes and regulations.
Judicial Review: Understanding the role of judicial review in the administrative system, as well as the rules surrounding it.
Jurisdiction: Comprehending the different types of jurisdiction that administrative agencies may have over certain issues or disputes.
Liability: Understanding the responsibility of administrative agencies and their officers when they make mistakes or fail to comply with regulations.
Precedent: Understanding the importance of legal precedent and how it influences the outcomes of administrative law cases.
Procedures for Decision-Making: Learning how administrative agencies make decisions, including the use of evidence, procedures for appeals, and transparency.
Professional Responsibility: Understanding the ethical obligations of administrative agencies to ensure that they act in the best interests of the public.
Public Law and Policy: Understanding the different ways in which legal decisions can influence public policy and the way it is implemented.
Separation of Powers: Comprehending the separation of powers between the three branches of government and how it impacts the administrative process.
Statutory Interpretation: Understanding how statutes are applied in administrative law cases.
Due Process: Understanding the legal protections afforded to individuals under the Due Process Clause of the 14th Amendment.
Administrative Adjudication: A specific type of administrative law that focuses on the resolution of disputes between agencies and private parties.
Administrative Discretion: Understanding how administrative agencies have the power to exercise their discretion in certain cases to make judgments based on their expertise and discretion.
Formal Adjudication: A court-like proceeding in which an administrative law judge hears evidence and testimony, and makes a decision based on the facts presented.
Informal Adjudication: A less formal process in which an agency employee or committee makes a decision based on written evidence and arguments presented by the parties involved.
Hybrid Adjudication: A combination of formal and informal processes, in which parties have some limited rights to present evidence and interact with the adjudicator.
Judicial Adjudication: A process in which an administrative agency's decision is reviewed by a court to determine if the agency properly applied the law and followed procedural due process.
Mediation and Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR): A process in which parties involved in a dispute work with a neutral third-party mediator to reach a mutually acceptable resolution without the need for formal adjudication.
Administrative Rebate: An administrative remedy that involves the payback of money to those who have paid too much for government services.
Declaratory Judgement: A court judgement that helps clarify how the law applies to a specific circumstance or controversy.
Executive Clemency: A power of the executive branch to reduce or eliminate the punishment for a crime or other legal penalty.
"Administrative law includes executive branch rule-making, adjudication, and the enforcement of laws."
"Administrative law is considered a branch of public law."
"Administrative law deals with the decision-making of administrative units of government in areas such as international trade, manufacturing, the environment, taxation, broadcasting, immigration, and transport."
"Legislative bodies worldwide created more government agencies to regulate the social, economic, and political spheres of human interaction."
"Civil law countries often have specialized administrative courts that review administrative decisions."
"Administrative law, in many countries of the civil law tradition, has opened itself to the influence of rules posed by supranational legal orders."
"It has led to changes in some traditional concepts of the administrative law model."
"Changes have happened with the public procurements or with judicial control of administrative activity."
"Administrative law has built a supranational or international public administration, as in the environmental sector or with reference to education."
"In the United Nations' system, administrative structure devoted to coordinating the States' activity has increased, particularly in the environmental sector or with reference to education."
"Executive branch rule-making, adjudication, and the enforcement of laws."
"Administrative units of government are part of the executive branch."
"Executive branch rules are generally referred to as 'regulations.'"
"Specialized administrative courts review administrative decisions."
"Administrative law deals with decision-making in international trade."
"Administrative law deals with decision-making in manufacturing."
"Administrative law deals with decision-making in the environment."
"Administrative law deals with decision-making in taxation."
"Administrative law deals with decision-making in immigration."