Administrative Law Theory and Fundamentals: An Integrated Approach - 3rd Edition - Ilan Wurman

Administrative Law Theory and Fundamentals: An Integrated Approach 3rd Edition ISBN 9798895452806

Administrative Law Theory and Fundamentals: An Integrated Approach offers a distinctive formalist perspective on administrative law, while defending more of the modern administrative state than many other formalist accounts. The book presents a theory of administrative power grounded in constitutional text, structure, history, and contemporary practice. It distinguishes between “exclusive” functions—reserved to Congress, the President, or the courts—and “nonexclusive” functions, which may be shared among branches exercising their respective powers. This framework clarifies foundational administrative law concepts, such as delegation, quasi-powers, judicial deference, agency adjudication, and the broader separation of powers.

This innovative casebook stands apart in several key ways:

• Historical Context: Extensive discussion and appendix materials on foundational statutes, including the 1852 steamboat legislation and the 1887 Interstate Commerce Act.
• Statutory Interpretation Integration: Case-specific treatment of statutory interpretation throughout, plus a new supplement for instructors teaching legislation and regulation.
• Interactive Learning: Embedded online self-assessment questions keyed to each chapter.
• Scholarly Debate: Dedicated "debating" sections present excerpts from secondary literature on the theory, values, and policy implications of contested doctrines such as judicial deference, the unitary executive, the due process revolution, universal injunctions, and the major questions doctrine.
• Thoughtful Organization: Includes numerous structural refinements, such as moving due process materials to follow Article III discussions and reorganizing content on reviewability.

What’s New in the Third Edition?

• Analysis of the Supreme Court’s latest "major questions" cases, including a new “Debating the Major Questions Doctrine” section with current scholarly commentary.
• Updated treatment of executive appointments and removals.
• Expanded discussion of the jury trial right in light of Jarkesy v. SEC.
• A fully revised unit on judicial review of agency legal interpretations following the Supreme Court’s overruling of Chevron v. NRDC.
• A new statutory interpretation supplement for those incorporating this casebook into a legislation and regulation course.

These timely additions reinforce the casebook’s formalist methodology—now the prevailing approach of a majority of the Supreme Court—while offering a balanced, historically grounded examination of the constitutional structure and the evolving role of administrative agencies.

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Wurman Administrative Law Theory and Fundamentals An Integrated Approach Third Edition ISBN 9798895452806 & 979-8895452806