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ADMINISTRATIVE LAW*

(* or, how can the rule of law be reconciled with necessary administrative discretion?)

Summer 2004

Prof. Daynard

 

The first class will be on Monday, June 7.  There will be a make-up class on Thursday, July 1. The casebook is Mashaw, Merrill & Shane, Administrative Law (5th Ed. 2003)

 

Call the bookstore (617/373-2286) or Gnomon Copy (617/536-4600) to determine if the course materials are available in advance.

 

Syllabus

 

I.     M 6-7       Introduction; delegation                                     1-29, APA 551(1), p. 1311; 59-78

 

II.    W 6-9      Delegation; avoiding delegation                                     78-94, 134-144 (end of n.1)

 

III.   M 6-14    Procedural due process (what process is due?)             322-351

 

IV.   W 6-16    “                   “     “ (when is “due process” required?) 351-386

 

V.    M 6-21    Statutory hearing rights I                                   312-316 (end of list), 386-394, 407-425,

                                                                                                APA 553-557, pp. 1239-1248

 

VI.   W 6-23    “                       “           “   II                                         434-441, 451-473

 

VII.  M 6-28    Rulemaking I                                                                474-512

 

VIII. W 6-30   “                   II                                                              512-548

 

IX.  Th 7-1       “                   III                                                                        548-576

 

X.    M 7-5      “                   IV                                                            576-612

 

XI.   W 7-7      Judicial review: Scope I                                    782-813, APA 701-706, pp. 1320-1323

 

XII.  M 7-12    “               “           “        II                                            813-840

 

XIII. W 7-14   “              “           “        III                                           845-873

 

XIV. M 7-19   “              “  : Availability I                                 873-884 (end of n.2), 893-904, 914-918

 

XV.  W 7-21   “               “       “                II                                         922-940, 947-961

 

XVI. M 7-26   “               “ : Ripeness & exhaustion                              961-973, 978-993

 

XVII.W 7-28   “               “ : Standing I                                     993-925

           

XVIII. M 8-2   Judicial Review: Standing II                                           1025-1057

 

XIX.   W 8-4   “               “                   “     III                                      1057-1086, 404-407