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Administrative Agency
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An authority of the government, other than a legislature or a court, credited to administer a particular law.
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Delegation of Powers
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The procedure Congress uses to give an agency power.
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Enabling Statute
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Creates the agency, sets out its structure, gives authority to make rules, investigate problems, and adjudicate cases.
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Administrative Law
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Rules and regulations established by administrative agencies to execute the functions give them by Congress; also the law that governs how agencies must operate.
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Rulemaking
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The procedures agencies must follow when issuing rules to interpret or enforce the statutory authority they were granted by Congress.
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Adjudicatory Hearing
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A formal process involving a regulatory agency and the private parties involved in a complaint; procedures are more informal than a court trial but protect due process rights.
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Administrative Law Judge
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The judge presiding over an adjudicatory hearing
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Jurisdiction
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The right of a court or other body to hear a case and render a judgement.
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Reviewability
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An appellate court has the ability to reconsider an agency decision to determine whether correction or modification is needed.
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Standing
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the right to sue in a particular court
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Ripeness Doctrine
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Concerns whether an agency action is final so as to allow judicial review.
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Exhaustion Doctrine
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Requires a party to complete all agency appeals procedures before turning to a court for review.