Lawson's Federal Administrative Law, 10th

This casebook emphasizes current doctrine and its historical evolution in exploring the four basic foundations of federal administrative law: separation of powers, statutorily and constitutionally required procedures for agency adjudication and rulemaking, scope of judicial review of agency action, and the availability and timing of judicial review. The book concentrates on federal rather than state administrative law, on the belief that an understanding of federal law can be translated into other settings if so desired. This edition of the book maintains the straightforward organization and don’t-hide-the-ball presentation that has characterized the book since its inception. The Tenth Edition contains three new principal cases, including the 2024 Loper Bright/Relentless case overruling the Chevron doctrine, and numerous new notes and note cases that keep the material current on evolving matters ranging from subdelegation of legislative power to the definition of “property” in the Due Process of Law Clauses. The materials on judicial review of agency legal decisions have been completely reworked to provide a condensed narrative history of the Chevron doctrine to provide needed background for understanding the changing legal landscape. The book prominently continues, from prior editions, to expand materials on statutory interpretation to accommodate the increasing inclusion of Administrative Law in the first-year curriculum and the course’s frequent role as a principal vehicle for introducing the basics of statutory interpretation at schools with no Administrative Law or Leg/Reg requirement.