Administrative Law Research
Administrative Processes
Federal Administrative Law Materials & Resources (connects to another Web page)
Ohio Administrative Code & Rulemaking Procedure (connects to another Web page)
Ohio Administrative Decisions & Executive Orders (connects to another Web page)
Treatises & Practice Guides
Study Aids
Journals & Current Awareness Services
Commercial Databases & Web Resources
Please contact the Law Library's Research Services librarians during their Research Services hours, or via email for help with locating or using any of the resources discussed in this guide.
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.
Types 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. 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. Administrative History materials include administrative/executive agency orders, decisions, and opinions, as well as proclamations and executive orders of the President.
Treatises & Practice Guides
For treatises and other materials on administrative law, 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.
Selected Treatises and Practice Guides on Administrative Law in this library include:
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
Administrative Law Lessons.
CDs
Administrative Law / Patrick J. Borchers. BarBri, a Thomson Business, c2005. Room A066 - KF5401 .B67 2005
Books - all in Room A066 and/or Reference
Administrative Law: Examples and Explanations / William F. Funk, Richard H. Seamon. 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 Process in a Nutshell / Ernest Gellhorn and Ronald M. Levin. West, c1997. KF 5402 .Z9 G4 1997
Journals and Current Awareness Services
See the Finding Articles in Law Reviews, Journals and Other Legal Periodicals guide for additional information on legal periodical indexes and databases.
Selected specialty journals and current awareness materials concerning Administrative Law in this library include:
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
Commercial Databases & 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 - Guide to 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
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, 2/09; updated 10/09