Administrative Law and Regulatory Policy

The casebook is highly respected for its many strengths: - stellar authorship - logical organization that reveals the interaction between doctrine and procedure, as well as bureaucratic and political factors in play - notes and problems that systematically survey regulation, exploring not only prices and entry, but also health, safety, and the environment - historical background material on the rise of regulation and the role of the New Deal in changing American government - coverage of economic aspects of regulatory control, examining the regulatory decision-making process through cost-benefit analysis - comprehensive Teacher's Manual that offers detailed advice and answers to problems Changes for the Sixth Edition reflect both legal developments and classroom experience: - new Supreme Court cases, including those involving the war on terrorism - new treatment of the relationship between administrative law and the war on terror - clearer explication of the Chevron problem and recent developments in the theory and practice of judicial review of agency action - new materials on national security tradeoffs, environmental protection, and telecommunications considered in exploring the relationship between administrative law and regulatory policy - expanded treatment of the foundations of the modern regulatory state, including the debate between standard economic theory and behavioral economics - additional discussion of separation of powers questions -- and the role of the courts in responding to them