Administrative Law Research
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Power Point - Federal Administrative Law
Administrative Processes
An administrative/executive agency regulation or rule is similar to a statute, often developed to give precision to vague statutory language, and is applicable to specific actors engaged in specific conduct.
Thus, Administrative Law has two lawmaking functions:
1. Rulemaking - the administration of legislation, as well as interpretation and application of statutes
2. Case Adjudication - the effectuation or enforcement of legislative and regulatory standards.
There are three kinds of regulations or rules:
1. Legislative - following from specific statutory delegation of power; considered legally binding as long as it conforms to applicable legislation, properly promulgated, not arbitrary or capricious, and meets constitutional requirements.
2. Interpretive - statement of administrative/executive agency's interpretation of enabling statute; may be disregarded by a court that interprets the enabling statute differently.
3. Procedural - concerns procedural aspects of administrative/executive agency's operations, including how to handle a case involving the agency.
Administrative History can be determined through documents and other materials generated in the process of an administrative/executive agency promulgating a rule or regulation. Administrative History materials include administrative/executive agency orders, decisions, and opinions, as well as proclamations and executive orders of the President. Analogous to Legislative History, Administrative History may help one to determine administrative intent and the meaning of particular regulatory provisions. In addition, because Administrative History may also include tracking orders, decisions, opinions, and proposed rules/regulations, it can be a lobbying or current awareness tool.
Regulations, Rules, and Administrative Law Resources - Federal
Federal administrative procedures - both rulemaking and case adjudication procedures - are generally guided by the Administrative Procedure Act (June 11, 1946; PL 79-404; 60 Stat 237; 5 USC §§551-559, 701-706, 1305, 3105, 3344, 4301, 5335, 5372, 7521). However, because federal agencies are concerned with widely varying issues and concerns, the US Congress often prescribes specific procedures for agency activitieswithin specific enabling legislation.
At the federal level, there are three methods of regulation promulgation:
(a) Notice and Comment - Notice given to general public of topic to be considered; proposed rulemaking notice published in Federal Register. Public may provide written information to agency; agency may invited public testimony at hearings. Agency develops final regulation, and issues it with statement of purpose.
(b) Formal - Agency holds hearings, during which participants may cross-examine witnesses. Agency must issue findings and conclusions to support regulation.
(c) Simple Issuance - Done with Interpretive (statement of agency's interpretation of enabling statute) and Procedural (statement of agency's procedure of operations) regulations.
Federal Regulations Are Published In:
Federal Register (FR) - chronological (analogous to Statutes at Large)
Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) - arranged by Agency/subject (analogous to US Code); continues to change over time.
Federal Register
Available from this Law Library (KF70 .A2), as well as from GPO Access (1994- ), FDsys (GPO's Federal Digital System; 1994- ; Search or Browse), HeinOnline (1936-a few months ago) , LexisNexis (1980- ), and Westlaw (1981- ).
Published daily (except Saturday, Sunday, and official federal holidays) by the US Office of the Federal Register; first issue March 14, 1936.
The Federal Register is a chronological publication, analogous to the US Statutes at Large.
Materials required (by statute) to be published in the Federal Register:
(a) Presidential documents – Proclamations, Executive Orders, etc
(b) Rules and Regulations
(c) Proposed Rules – text, regulatory agendas, and hearings notices
(d) Notices – Sunshine Act meetings, etc.
Each Federal Register issue includes “Finding Aids” (eg, Table of Contents, List of CFR Parts Affected).
Publishes monthly index; each index issue cumulates earlier index issues of that year.
January-December issue serves as final annual index.
To see documents which will be published in the next day's Federal Register, see the Office of the Federal Register's Electronic Public Inspection Desk.
Code of Federal Regulations
Available from this Law Library (KF70 .A3), as well as from GPO Access (1996- ), Heinonline (1938-), LexisNexis, and Westlaw. GPO Access also provides a beta test site of the Electronic Code of Federal Regulations.
The CFR is the official compilation of codified regulations.
First edition published in 1939 (for regulations in effect as of 6/1/38); paperbound volumes published annually (since 1967).
The US Office of the Federal Register revises the CFR on a quarterly basis – January 1st – Titles 1-16; July 1st – Titles 28-41; April 1st – Titles 17-27 October 1st – Titles 42-50.
The CFR is a subject arrangement of regulations, analogous to the US Code. However, CFR Title numbers do not always match USC Title numbers. For example, 26 USC – Internal Revenue Code, and 26 CFR – tax regulations; but 20 USC – Education, and 34 CFR – education regulations.
Division of CFR's Fifty Titles:
(a) Titles divided into Chapters – Chapters designated to Agencies; numbered with roman numerals; Chapters sometimes have Subchapters, designated by capital letters.
(b) Chapters divided into Parts.
(c) Parts divided into Sections; Parts sometimes have Subparts.
CFR sections are often inter-related. Even if one has a cite to a particular Section, one may want to review the rest of the Sections in that Part.
Each CFR Part has:
(a) Authority Note – generally, at “beginning” of each Part (ie, at end of Part’s table of contents, before actual text begins); statutory/executive enabling authority under which regulations issued.
(b) Source Notes – at end of each Section in Part; citation and date of Federal Register in which Section last published in full.
The CFR “Index and Finding Aids” is published annually. It is not comprehensive, and usually refers to Parts, not Sections within Parts. It also includes a “Parallel Table of Authorities and Rules.”
"Print Method" of Updating CFR Sections
(1) Look for the CFR section in LSA: List of CFR Sections Affected (KF70 .A34 C6) for the time period after the date of your CFR volume (eg, October 1, 2006 - December 31, 2006).
The LSA is issued monthly; each issue cumulates previous issues.
(2) Within the LSA, note the Federal Register (FR) pages of new/proposed changes to the CFR section.
(3) Use the “Table of Federal Register Issue Pages and Dates” at the end of the LSA to determine which FR pages are in which issues of FR.
(4) Check “CFR Parts Affected” in FR issue(s) for month(s) not covered by most recent LSA.
Note: For regulations, LSA refers to exact Sections, and indicates treatment (eg, “amended”). For proposed rules, LSA refers to Parts.
Electronic Methods of Updating CFR Sections
(a) Use LSA available from GPO Access (1986- )
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(b) Use Shepard's in LexisNexis
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(c) Use KeyCite in Westlaw
Tracking Proposed Federal Regulations
(1) Justia Regulation Tracker (Free) can be used to create an RSS feed for your search which will send updates to your news reader. This site also allows browsing of regs by agency. A similar site is OpenRegulations.org.
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(2) Do a Westlaw or LexisNexis Alert ( LexisNexis / Westlaw "Saved Searches" ) in the Federal Register database.
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(3) LexisNexis Legislative and Regulatory Impact - Regulatory Impact tells you what administrative code sections are affected by final and proposed rules. Path: Legal> "Federal Legal-U.S."> "Find Statutes, Regulations..."> Legislative Impact & Regulatory Impact. Or pull up a Federal Register section, and a link to Regulatory impact will be in the lefthand corner. Click on Alerts on the lefthand side of the page to set up an alert by CFR number or agency.
Federal Agencies and Offices – Opinions, Decisions, and Orders
Federal agency opinions, decisions, and orders are adjudications to effectuate/enforce legislative/regulatory standards. These are similar to court opinions in that they are statements of facts, decision, and reasoning. They resolve disputes and operate as precedent.
Agency litigation parties are usually “the government” (acting as quasi-prosecutor or claims administrator) and a private party. Most hearings are conducted by an administrative law judge (ALJ), who issues an initial decision. Decisions can be appealed to Agency commissioners, who may adopt the ALJ’s decision or develop their own. Decisions can also be appealed to a federal court (ie, usually US Court of Appeals). Opinions are often written to explain decisions.
It can be difficult to find Agency opinions, decisions, and orders. Many Agency cases are informally adjudicated. In addition, opinions, decisions, and orders have been published in many different formats by the agencies themselves, as well as by several commercial publishers.
Heinonline's U.S. Federal Agency Library contains agency decisions, particularly many older decisions. Also see Hein's U.S. Attorney General Opinion Library.
Several agencies are now publishing opinions, decisions, orders, and reports on their Web sites. Here are links to some selected Agency Opinions, Decisions, Orders:
(a) Department of Agriculture Office of Administrative Law Judges Decisions (1997- )
(b) Department of Commerce Patent and Trademark Office Final Decisions (of Office of the Director, Office of the Commissioner for Patents, Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences, Office of the Commissioner for Trademarks, and Trademark Trial and Appeal Board)
(c) Department of Energy Office of Hearings and Appeals Archive of Daily Decisions (June 1998- )
(d) Department of Justice Office of Legal Counsel Memoranda/Opinions (1992- )
(e) Department of Labor Occupational Safety and Health Administration Directives (1978- )
(f) Department of the Treasury Internal Revenue Service Internal Revenue Bulletins (1995- )
(g) Department of the Treasury Office of the Comptroller of the Currency Enforcement Actions (1987- )
(h) Federal Election Commission Advisory Opinions (1977- )
(i) Federal Labor Relations Authority Decisions (1979- )
(j) Federal Trade Commission Formal Actions, Opinions & Activities (1996- )
(k) Merit Systems Protection Board Decisions (1999- )
(l) Securities and Exchange Commission Administrative Law Judges Decisions and Orders (1960- )
(m) Small Business Administration Office of Hearings and Appeals Decisions (1990- )
(n) Social Security Administration Rulings (1960- )
Presidential Documents include:
(a) Proclamations - general policy announcements; issued to nation; often ceremonial; effective upon publication in Federal Register (Office of Federal Register assigns official number).
(b) Executive Orders - wide variety; issued to government officials; effective upon publication in Federal Register (Office of Federal Register assigns official number).
(c) Administrative Orders - memoranda, letters, etc.
(d) Reorganization Plans - proposed administrative/executive agency change; must be approved by both houses of Congress.
(e) Messages to Congress - proposed legislation, veto explanation, etc.
(f) Signing Statements - statement accompanying signing legislation into law.
(g) Executive Agreements - made under authority to conduct foreign affairs.
In addition to their publication in Federal Register, selected Presidential Documents are published in:
(a) United States Statutes At Large
Publishes Presidential Proclamations since 1846, as well as pre-1950 Executive Agreements.
Available from this law library (KF50 .U5), as well as GPO Access (ie, as Public and Private Laws, 104th Congress, 1995- ), the Library of Congress' A Century of Lawmaking for a New Nation: Statutes at Large (1789-1875), LexisNexis (USCS - Public Laws, 1988- ), and Westlaw (United States Statutes at Large 1789-1972; United States Public Laws 1973-2006; U.S. Public Laws - Current). [The Library of Congress' Thomas system also has Public Laws since the 93rd Congress (1973- ).]
(b) United States Code Congressional and Administrative News
Publishes Presidential Proclamations since 1943.
Reprints Executive Orders, and occasionally reprints Signing Statements.
Available from this law library (KF48 .W45) and Westlaw.
(c) Congressional Record
Publishes Presidential Messages to Congress.
Available from this law library (KF35 .U57 and Microforms), as well as GPO Access (1994- ), the Library of Congress' Thomas (101st Congress, 1989- ), LexisNexis (1985- ), and Westlaw (1985- ).
(d) United States Treaties and Other International Agreements
Publishes Executive Agreements since 1950.
Available from this law library (KZ235.3 .U55 & Electronic).
(e) Title 3 of the Code of Federal Regulations
An annual compilation of Presidential documents is published in this.
(f) Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents (1965-January 29, 2009) and Daily Compilation of Presidential Documents (January 29, 2009- )
Published by the Office of the Federal Register (1965- ). Available from this law library (J80 .A284 & Electronic), as well as GPO Access (1993 - January 29, 2009). On January 29, 2009, the Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents was replaced by the digital Daily Compilation of Presidential Documents.
(g) Public Papers of the President (PPP)
Selective Presidential documents from the Hoover administration, and all administrations since Franklin D. Roosevelt, are published in the PPP. Since the Carter administration, the PPP also annually cumulates the WCPD. The PPP, currently published by the Office of the Federal Register, is available from this law library (J80 .A283; 1929-2004), as well as GPO Access (1991- ) & LexisNexis (1979- ).
(h) HeinOnline's U.S. Presidential Library contains many of the above described documents, and more.
Regulations, Rules, and Administrative Law Resources - Ohio
The 1943 “Ohio Administrative Procedure Act” (120 Ohio Laws 358) and related statutes cover the process of issuing rules and regulations in Ohio.
Agency rules and regulations are covered by either Ohio Revised Code (ORC) Chapter 119 or §111.15.
Regulation Promulgation must follow the steps defined in the Ohio Administrative Procedure Act:
(1) Notice and Comment
Notice given to general public of topic to be considered; general public may provide written information to Agency, and Agency may invite public testimony at hearings.
Proposed rulemaking notice is made according to ORC §119.03. Notice is published in the [Gongwer News Services] Ohio Report (KFO6 .O43) and other publications (eg, newspapers), as well as on the Gongwer News Service Ohio Report and Ohio Legislative Service Commission (LSC) Register of Ohio Web sites. [The LSC is required to publish public notice, the proposed rule, rule summary, and fiscal analysis in the Register of Ohio, which was born digital on 3 July 2000 and is maintained by the LSC.]
(2) Hearings and Filing
ORC Chapter 119 agencies are required to hold public hearings, and their proposed rules must be filed with the Secretary of State, Joint Committee on Agency Rule Review, and LSC. A proposed rule must be accompanied by a summary of the rule and fiscal analysis (as specified in ORC §127.18).
ORC §111.15 agencies do not hold public hearings, but must file their proposed rules with the Secretary of State, Clerk of Senate, and LSC.
(3) Agency develops final regulation; may issue with statement of purpose.
The LSC reviews rules, but the Joint Committee on Agency Rule Review (JCARR) is the primary review body in the rulemaking process. Enacted by the 1977 House Bill 257, ORC §101.35 created the JCARR. The JCARR is an Ohio General Assembly Committee of 5 Senators and 5 Representatives. On rare occasions, it may recommend to the General Assembly to adopt a concurrent resolution invalidating a proposed rule.
Ohio Regulations Are Published In:
Ohio Monthly Record (OMR) – chronological (analogous to Laws of Ohio and Federal Register).
Ohio Administrative Code (OAC) – arranged by Agency (analogous to Ohio Revised Code and Code of Federal Regulations); continues to change over time.
Rules and Documents Incorporated by Reference
Many miscellaneous Federal and Ohio rules and statutes are incorporated into the OAC (eg, 29 CFR 1604, ORC §124.01, etc.). This incorporation may not be obvious when reading the rule. See the “Rules and Documents Incorporated by Reference” table within the OAC "User's Guide" for information on where to obtain original copy of these miscellaneous Federal and Ohio rules and statutes.
Rules by Reference
Procedural or management agency rules, as well as rules of state higher education institutions, are "Rules by Reference." These rules are not published in the Ohio Administrative Code, and must be obtained from the agency itself, Legislative Service Commission, or Secretary of State.
Rule Review Date
When an Agency issues a rule, a "review date" must be assigned to it. The review dates are assigned so that rules are reviewed within five years.
Baldwin’s Ohio Monthly Record (OMR)
Published by West Group, Baldwin's Ohio Monthly Record is the official monthly update of the Ohio Administrative Code required to be published by ORC §103.05.
The OMC is available from this Law Library (KFO35 .A23 O35).
The OMR publishes rules and regulations promulgated since the annual OAC publication. Each issue also includes:
(a) Proposed Rules – synopsis, regulatory agendas, and hearings notices
(b) Gubernatorial documents – Executive Orders, etc.
(c) Subject Index
(d) “Public Hearings on Proposed Rules” chart
(e) “Rule Number Table”
Each OMR issue's finding aides (ie, Subject Index, "Public Hearings on Proposed Rules" chart, and "Rule Number Table") cumulates those of the previous OMR issue.
The Register of Ohio allows one to search for "Proposed and Recently Adopted Rules." The Register of Ohio is also available from LexisNexis (2002- ).
Baldwin’s Ohio Administrative Code, Approved Edition (OAC)
Enacted by the 1976 Ohio House Bill 317, Ohio Revised Code (ORC) §103.05 requires the OAC to be published. ORC §103.05 also requires publication of an index as well as monthly updates (ie, the Ohio Monthly Record), and annual compilations.
Published by West Group, Baldwin's Ohio Administrative Code, Approved Edition is the official Ohio Administrative Code.
The OAC is available from this Law Library (KFO34.5 .O35), as well as from the Ohio General Assembly Web site (see Ohio Administrative Code link under Laws, Acts, and Legislation), LexisNexis, and Westlaw.
The OAC is a subject arrangement of regulations, analogous to the ORC (and Code of Federal Regulations). OAC numbers do not always match ORC Titles and sections. For example, OAC 5703 (Department of Taxation) relates to ORC Title 57 (Taxation). However, OAC Chapter 111-11 (Filing UCC Records) relates to ORC §§1309.501-1309.709. In addition, several ORC sections (eg, Court Titles 19, 21, 23, 25, and 27) are not addressed by the OAC.
OAC Numbering System:
(a) Agency
(b) Agency Division
(c) Chapter
(d) RuleExample:5101 : 3 - 4 - 02
Department of Job and Family Services : Division of Medical Assistance - Physician Services - Scope of Coverage
Each OAC rule has a "history" note that cites that rule's publication in the Ohio Monthly Record, as well as a "rule review" date and annotations (eg, references to applicable ORC sections, secondary sources, case notes, etc.).
The OAC includes an “Ohio Administrative Law Handbook” and “Agency Directory” volume (ie, volume 17), as well as an "User's Guide" and "General Index" volume (ie, volume 1). Again, the "User's Guide" includes a table of “Rules and Documents Incorporated by Reference,” which provides information on where to obtain original copy of the miscellaneous Federal and Ohio rules and statutes incorporated into the OAC.
"Print" Method of Updating OAC Rules and Regulations
Look for the OAC number in the "Rule Number Table" of the OMR for the time period after the date. The "Rule Number Table" provides OMR page numbers.
Electronic Methods of Updating OAC Sections
(a) Search the "Proposed and Recently Adopted Rules" in the Register of Ohio
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(b) Search the OAC and Register of Ohio files in the LexisNexis Ohio category.
Tracking Proposed Ohio Regulations
Do a Westlaw or Lexis Alert ( LexisNexis / Westlaw "Saved Searches" ) in the Ohio Monthly Record or Register of Ohio database.
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LexisNexis Legislative and Regulatory Impact - Regulatory Impact tells you what administrative code sections are affected by final and proposed rules. Path: States Legal U.S.>Ohio>Find Statutes, Regulations, Administrative Materials & Court Rules>By Statutes & Regulations > Legislative Impact & Regulatory Impact. Alert feature not yet available for state regulatory impact.
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Set up a WatchThatPage on the Register of Ohio site or an agency site. (Free option)
Ohio Agencies and Offices - Opinions, Decisions, and Orders
In Ohio, an administrative agency may be called a department, board, council, division, commission, etc. Most administrative agencies were created by ORC §121.02. ORC §3301.13 created the Department of Education, and ORC §5703.01 created the Department of Taxation. The State of Ohio Government Web site provides a link to State Agencies & Departments. From here one can link to each individual agency Web site.
Similarly to those of federal agencies, Ohio agency opinions, decisions, and orders are adjudications to effectuate/enforce legislative/regulatory standards. Again, these are similar to court opinions in that they are statements of facts, decision, and reasoning. They resolve disputes and operate as precedent.
Similarly to federal agency litigation, Ohio Agency litigation parties are usually “the government” (acting as quasi-prosecutor or claims administrator) and a private party. Many Agency cases are informally adjudicated. Agency decisions are required to be entered in the Agency's journal, but they are not required to be published.
Agency orders may be appealed to a higher Agency authority according to the Agency enabling statute, Ohio Administrative Procedure Act, or general appellate procedure defined in ORC Chapter 2506. Only after exhausting these administrative remedies can appeal be made to a court (ie, starting at Common Pleas level).
Ohio Attorney General Opinions are available from this Law Library (KFO440 .A553) (1915- ), as well as from the Ohio Attorney General's AG Opinions (1994- ) Web site, LexisNexis (1977- ), and Westlaw (1977-).
The State Employment Relations Board (SERB) Official Reporter is available from this Law Library (KFO331 .A6 O43) (1984- ). SERB opinions are also available from the SERB Opinions (1999- ) Web site.
Published by Labor Relations Press, the Ohio Public Employee Reporter (Ohio Edition) is available from this Law Library (KFO332.8 .P77 O3) (1984- ), LexisNexis (1983- ), and Westlaw (1984- ). This reporter includes SERB opinions.
Ohio Supreme Court Board of Commissioners on Grievances and Discipline Advisory Opinions are available from this Law Library (KFO76.5 .A2 S96) (1988- ), BCGD Advisory Opinions (1986- ) Web site, LexisNexis (May 1987- ), and Westlaw (1987- ).
Several other Ohio agencies are now publishing opinions, decisions, orders, and reports on their Web sites. Here are links to some selected Agency Opinions, Decisions, Orders:
(a) Ohio Civil Rights Commission Hearing Reports (2000- )
(b) Ohio Elections Commission Advisory Opinions (1986- )
(c) Ohio Ethics Commission Advisory Opinions (1974- )
(d) Ohio Public Utilities Commission Entries and Orders (1997- )
(e) Ohio Board of Tax Appeals Decisions (1997- )
(f) Ohio Bureau of Workers' Compensation Selected Legal Opinions
For more Ohio agency opinions on the web, and for a chart showing where one can find the decisions of various agencies, see Ohio Legal Research Guide - Administrative Decisions.
SCHOLAR and OhioLINK Resources
SCHOLAR is the electronic catalog for Cleveland State University's Law Library and University Library. CSU also participates in the state-wide consortia OhioLINK, which provides access to a state-wide central catalog and numerous research databases. For treatises and other materials, search the SCHOLAR and OhioLINK catalogs with the subject headings Administrative Law; Administrative Law - United States; Administrative Law - Ohio. See also the 25+ Administrative Law Related Subject Headings.
OhioLINK also provides access to nearly 100 Research Databases. Many are bibliographic or citation services, rather than full-text. "Off-site" access to these databases is restricted to OhioLINK member users associated with a member library (eg, student of Cleveland State University); member users are asked by the system to provide authentication information (eg, affiliated organization, name, ID). However, many OhioLINK member libraries provide on-site workstations, from which the OhioLINK research databases are freely available. The OhioLINK Research Databases cover a comprehensive range of subjects, including Business, Computer Science, Education, International Studies, Medicine and Health, Nursing, Political Science, Science and Technology, Social Sciences, and Statistics.
Key OhioLINK Research Databases with Administrative Law materials and information:
Gongwer News Service
Gongwer News Service publication/production. Provides Current issues of its Ohio Report and "Public Services" links (links in left navigation column). Covers committee hearing testimony, reports, and other legislative news.
GPO Monthly Catalog
Provides abstracts of executive agency documents and judiciary materials, as well as Congressional reports, hearings, and other materials from 1976 to the present.
LexisNexis Academic
Provides access to a myriad of legal, news, business, medical, and reference materials, most in full text.
Oxford Reference, Law
Reference books on Law. Includes or has links to full text.
Treatises and Practice Guides
Administrative Law / Jacob A. Stein, Glenn A. Mitchell, and Basil J. Mezines. Mathew Bender, c1990- . KF5402 .S8
Administrative Law: Practice and Practice / Lee Modjeska. Lawyers Co-operative Pub. Co.; Bancroft-Whitney Col, c1982- . KF5407 .M62 1982
Administrative Law and Practice / Charles H. Koch, Jr. West Pub. Co., c1997- . KF5407 .K63 1997
Administrative Law and Regulatory Policy: Problems, Text, and Cases / Stephen G. Breyer, et al. Aspen Publishers, c2006. KF5402 .A4 B74 2006
Administrative Law in the Political System / Kenneth F. Warren. Westview Press, c2004. KF5402 .W37 2004
A Blackletter Statement of Federal Administrative Law / American Bar Association Section of Administrative Law and Regulatory Practice. ABA, c2004. KF5402 .B52 2004
Expertise in regulation and law / Gary Edmond. Ashgate, c2004. KF5422 .E97 2004
A Guide to Judicial and Political Review of Federal Agencies / John F. Duffy and Michael Herz, eds. American Bar Association Section of Administrative Law and Regulatory Practice, c2005. KF5425 .D84 2005
Lawyers and Regulation: the Politics of the Administrative Process / Patrick Schmidt. Cambridge University Press, c2005. KF3570 .S35 2005
Regulating Law / Christine Parker ... et al, eds. Oxford University Press, c2004. K235 .R44 2004
Regulation and Public Interests: the Possibility of Good Regulatory Government / Steven P. Croley. Princeton University Press, c2008. K3840 .C76 2008
Study Aids
CALI Lessons
CALI Library of Lessons, specifically "Administrative Law Lessons".
CDs:
Administrative law / Patrick J. Borchers, Chicago, IL : BarBri, a Thomson business, 2005, Law School Legends Series, KF5401 .B67 2005
Books:
Administrative law : examples and explanations, 3rd ed / William F. Funk, Richard H. Seamon, New York, NY : Aspen Publishers, c2009, KF5402.A4 .F86 2009
Principles of Administrative Law / Keith Werhan. Thomson/West, c2008. KF5402 .W47 2008
Questions & Answers. Administrative Law: Multiple Choice and Short Answer Questions and Answers / Russell L. Weaver. LexisNexis, c2005. KF5402 .Z9 W43 2005
Understanding Administrative Law / William F. Fox, Jr. Lexis Publishing, 5th ed., c2008. KF5402 .F68 2008
Administraive Law and Processin a Nutshell / Ernest Gellhorn and Ronald M. Levin. West, c1997. KF 5402 .Z9 G4 1997
For additional books on Administrative Law, please look under the call number KF 5402 in A066 and in the reference area.
Journals and Current Awareness Services
See the Finding Articles in Law Reviews, Journals and Other Legal Periodicals guide for an explanation of the legal periodical indexes and databases available to Cleveland-Marshall College of Law students and the CSU community. That guide covers print and electronic indexes, as well as electronic full-text journals. In particular, note OhioLINK's Electronic Journal Center and its Social Sciences - Politics, Political Science, and Law subject cluster.
Selected specialty journals and current awareness materials concerning Administrative Law in the Cleveland-Marshall College of Law Library collection include the following:
Administrative & Regulatory Law News. American Bar Association Section of Administrative Law and Regulatory Practice. KF5401 .A16 A49
Administrative Law Review. American Bar Association Administrative Law Section. K1 .D55 & Electronic
Developments in Administrative Law and Regulatory Practice. American Bar Association Section of Administrative Law and Regulatory Practice. KF5402 .D39
Pike & Fischer Administrative Law, Third Series. Pike & Fischer, c1989- . KF5401 .A8 P5153
Also see Tracking Proposed Federal Regulations and Tracking Proposed Ohio Regulations
Commercial Databases and Other Web Resources
American Bar Association: Administrative Procedure Database Archive
Developed by ABA Section of Administrative Law and Regulatory Practice and Florida State University College of Law. Clearinghouse site for access to federal and state administrative law resources.
American Bar Association: Judicial Division: National Conference of the Administrative Law Judiciary
American Bar Association: Section of Administrative Law and Regulatory Practice
Association of Administrative Law Judges
Cornell Law School's Legal Information Institute: Law about: Administrative Law
FindLaw: Research the Law: Practice Areas: Administrative Law
Georgetown University Law Center: Georgetown Law Library: Administrative Law Research Tutorial
HeinOnline: Contains current and historic federal register, CFR, agency decisions and presidential documents.
HG.org: Law & Practice: Areas of Practice: Administrative Law
Jurist: Legal Research: Law Guides: Administrative Law
Law Professor Blogs Network: Administrative Law Prof Blog
LexisONE: Legal Web Site Directory: Practice Areas: Administrative and Procedure Law
LexisNexis: Area of Law - By Topic: Administrative Law
Includes federal and state cases, administrative materials and regulations, statutes and legislative materials, law reviews and journals, as well as treatises and analytical materials. LexisNexis also has several files of federal and state agency, as well as federal and state regulation text and tracking, materials.
Megalaw.com: Administrative & Regulatory Law
National Association of Administrative Law Judiciary
National Association of Secretaries of State: Administrative Codes and Registers Section: Internet Access to [State] Rules [currently inactive - look for future site]
United States General Services Administration: RegInfo.gov
United States: Law Library of Congress: Administrative Law Guide
WashLaw: Administrative Law Resources
Westlaw: Topical Materials by Area of Practice: Administrative Law
Includes forms treatises, CLEs and other practice materials, as well as law reviews, bar journals & legal periodicals. Westlaw also has several files of federal and state agency, as well as federal and state regulation text and tracking, materials.
LER, February 2009
Links checked, SA, 5-1-09