Chapter 5 Admin Law Vocab

The body of law concerned with the power of administrative agencies. Administrative law consists of rules, regulations, orders, and adjudications. Also, the composite body of substantive law created by the various administrative agencies in the performance of there assigned tasks.

Rules promulgated by an administrative agency under authority given to the agency by the enabling statute/

Collectively, sub=branches of the executive branch of federal, state, and local governments. Administrative agencies may possess legislative, executive, and judicial powers in specialized technical areas where appropriate regulation requires action by experts.

Generally, administrative bodies headed by single persons ultimately answerable to one person, the chief executive.

An administrative body empowered to regulate some policy area lead by officials who cannot be dismissed by the president of the United States except for good cause.

A process of eliminating, reducing, or restructuring the regulation of an industry.

A statue that creates and administrative agency and typically also authorizes it to perform specified actions.

Law that mandates procedures for federal administrative agencies

Notice, Public comments, Public of the regulation, Response to comments, written record.

A process to bring together representatives of a rule making agency and stake holders to jointly prepare the text of a proposed rule in consensus-seeking negotiation before the agency formally submits the rule to the rule making process.

An order directing a person to appear at a certain time and place for the purpose of giving testimony as a witness

A government employee appointed to hear and decide matters in administrative agency hearings.

A command from an administrative agency that the subject party refrain from specified activities.

A federal law requiring the federal government to disclose most public records to any person on request.

A federal law requiring that most meeting of federal agencies be open for public observation and that advance notice be given of agency meetings, listing the expected topics of discussion.

Federal requiring federal agencies to consider the effects of their regulatory actions on small businesses and other small entities and to minimize any undue disproportionate burden.

A complete reevaluation of an issue, finding, or case as if the original decision had never been made

A person's right or capacity to bring a lawsuit because he or she has a legally protected interest at stake in the litigation.

A doctrine requiring that a person attempt all available options within and administrative agency before taking a claim to a court.