Exam Type: Please refer to the Fall 2020 Tentative Exam Schedule

This course is an introduction to lawmaking in the modern administrative state. It will examine the legislative process by which Congress passes statutes; the interpretation of statutes by administrative agencies and courts; the structural position of administrative agencies in the constitutional system; the process of agency rulemaking; the institutional dynamics of agency policymaking and policy implementation; and judicial review of agency action.

Textbook(s):
Manning & Stephenson, Legislation and Regulation (3rd edition 2017)