The number and impact of all these agencies and rules have led many to refer to our government as The Regulatory State. In this course we study the administrative law process, starting with Constitutional law through today’s current challenge of issuing regulations needed to keep up with the speed of technological innovations. We study the traditional Admin Law topics regarding the authority of agencies, rulemaking, adjudication, legal restraints, due process, judicial review of agency actions, and judicial deference.

Additionally, a substantial portion of the class content will be based on the economics and public policy considerations in regulating a complex society. We will study the reasons we regulate, methods of regulation, and the dynamics of agencies. We will spend a large part of our time on current events and discuss how business, law, economics, and politics are related, including the legal and political debates currently appearing in the media, and in cases coming before the SCOTUS which has signaled a new hostility to parts of the regulatory state.

Additional Information:
Credit Hours: 3
Grading Option: Letter Grade Only
Graduation Writing Requirement: No
Flexible/Upper-Level Writing Requirement: No
Skills Requirement: No
Simulation Course: No
Experiential Learning: No
Seminar: No
Special Withdrawal Course: No
Final Exam Given: Yes
Final Exam Type: In-Class - Completely Secure
Attendance Policy: Per Statement Of Student Policies
Teaching Method: In Person

* The law school has a policy that is used to calculate credit hours. Please see the Statement of Student Policies.