Foundations of Administrative Law

Edited by a leading public law scholar at Yale Law School, Foundations ofAdministrative Law is the first major reader in the field since the 1970s. Itprovides 42 readings on the administrative process by prominent legal scholars,political scientists, economists, sociologists, and judges. Offering a richvariety of intellectual perspectives and methodologies, the text examineshistorical, theoretical, statutory, and comparative aspects of administrativelaw. Major topics include the theoretical and historical foundations of theadministrative state, the federal and state Administrative Procedure Acts, thedeterminants of agency behavior, different models of procedural justice andeffective governance, the control of administrative discretion, comparativeadministrative process, and the future of the administrative state. Each chaptercontains an introduction, notes, questions, and bibliographic references.This volume is part of the Interdisciplinary Readers in Law series(Roberta Romano, General Editor). Designed as a collection of supplementarytexts for law school courses, the series collects important essays from leadingeconomists, political scientists, philosophers, historians, and legal scholars,reflecting the broad range of scholarship that informs contemporary law. Othervolumes in the series include Foundations of Tort Law (Saul Levmore, Editor),Foundations of Corporate Law (Roberta Romano, Editor), and Foundations ofContract Law (Richard Craswell and Alan Schwartz, Editors).Schuck, Peter H. is the author of 'Foundations of Administrative Law' with ISBN 9780195078138 and ISBN 0195078136.