Reading Assignments

Outline of Reading Assignments

A. The Administrative State

1. Introduction

• Casebook, Chapter 1

2. Socio-Legal Perspectives (Optional reading)

• Max Weber, “Bureaucracy” in Economy & Society, part III, chap. 6
• Kerwin, Chapter 1
• Reuel E. Schiller, The Administrative State, Front and Center: Studying Law and Administration in Postwar America, Law & History Review 26.2 (2008)
• Gary Lawson, The Rise and Rise of the Administrative State, 107 Harvard Law Review 1231 (1994)
• Richard Epstein, “Is the Administrative State Consistent with the Rule of Law?”, lecture delivered at University of Chicago (January 29, 2008) (video)

B. Agency Adjudication & Rulemaking

1. Administrative Due Process

• Casebook, Chapter 2

2. Agency Adjudicative Process

• Casebook, Chapters 3

3. Agency Rulemaking

• Casebook Chapter 5

C. Limits on Administrative Delegation

1. Delegation of Legislative Power

• Casebook, Chapter 7, § 7.2

2. Delegation of Adjudicatory Power

• Casebook, Chapter 7, § 7.3

F. Access to Agency Records & Decision-Making

1. Freedom of Information Act

• Casebook, Chapter 8, § 8.1

2. State Open Government Law

• North Carolina Public Records Act, N.C.G.S. Chap. 132 (online document)
• North Carolina Open Meetings Act N.C.G.S. Chap. 143, Art. 33C
• Attorney General & NC Press Association Guide to Open Government & Public Records (online document)

E. Judicial Review of Agency Action

1. Scope of Review

• Casebook, Chapter 9

2. Procedural Issues

• Casebook, Chapter 11