Legislation and Regulation

Course Information

Course Number
L6169
Curriculum Level
Upperclass
Areas of Study
Administrative Law and Public Policy, Constitutional Law
Type
Lecture
Additional Attributes
LLM NY Bar Exam Qualifier

Section 002 Information

Instructor

Section Description

Where most required courses emphasize the work of the state and federal judiciaries, this course focuses on the federal government's other law-generating institutions -- Congress, the President, and, most importantly, the administrative agencies that implement congressional and presidential policy. These institutions, their processes of decision-making, and their substantive decisions are the primary sources of law in the contemporary United States, a "republic of statutes" governed by an expansive "administrative state." With respect to Congress, the course will focus on contemporary disputes about statutory interpretation. With respect to agencies, the course will focus on the internal structure of agencies, the relationship between agencies and the political branches (Congress and the President), the processes of administrative rulemaking and administrative adjudication, and, to a lesser degree, judicial supervision of these basic forms of administrative action.

Our casebook will be Strauss, Rakoff, Metzger, Barron O'Connell,, Administrative Law - Cases and Comments (12th Ed. 2018).

School Year & Semester
Fall 2023
Location
JGH 104
Schedule
Class meets on
  • Tuesday
  • Thursday
2:50 pm - 4:50 pm
Points
4
Method of Evaluation
Exam
J.D Writing Credit?
No

Learning Outcomes

Primary
  • Learning the techniques of, and disputes about, statutory interpretation
  • Understanding the structure of American administrative government
  • Understanding the primary forms of administrative action -- rulemaking, adjudication, and guidance -- and the political controls that Congress and the President exercise over such action.
  • Understanding the basics of judicial review of administrative action, including judicial review of the procedural validity, substantive rationality, and statutory basis of such action.

Course Limitations

Instructor Pre-requisites
None
Instructor Co-Requisites
None
Recommended Courses
Constitutional Law
Other Limitations
If you have already taken a course on Legislation or Administrative Law, you must receive the professor's permission to take this course.

Additional Section for Legislation and Regulation

Section 001

School Year & Semester

Fall 2023

Instructor

Location

WJWH 311

Schedule

Class meets on
  • Tuesday
  • Wednesday
  • Thursday

Points

4

Section 003

School Year & Semester

Fall 2023

Instructor

Location

JGH 101

Schedule

Class meets on
  • Monday
  • Tuesday
  • Wednesday

Points

4

Section 001

School Year & Semester

Spring 2024

Instructor

Location

JGH 103

Schedule

Class meets on
  • Tuesday
  • Wednesday
  • Thursday

Points

4

Section 002

School Year & Semester

Spring 2024

Instructor

Location

JGH 104

Schedule

Class meets on
  • Tuesday
  • Wednesday
  • Thursday

Points

4

Section 003

School Year & Semester

Spring 2024

Instructor

Location

WJWH 207

Schedule

Class meets on
  • Tuesday
  • Thursday

Points

4
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