Administrative Law [Hardcover]

Steven J. Cann (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0761909761 | ISBN-13: 978-0761909767 | Publication Date: February 19, 1998 | Edition: 2nd

This casebook of United States administrative law is an essential tool for those seeking to understand, or obliged to work within, its general principles.

Each chapter begins with a case outline that introduces key concepts and ends with summaries of the law principles, doctrines and legal tests presented in the chapter. The author uses democracy as the conceptual framework for administrative law, a unique approach, which places U S administrative law within a more comprehensible context.

For its Second Edition, this benchmark work has been completely updated and includes many new cases.

Editorial Reviews

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"Steven J. Cann proves that the study of administrative law need not be a dreary enterprise reserved only for boring bureaucrats and self-serving interest groups. Administrative Law, Third Edition is a lively text that students at all levels will find absorbing and relevant to the solution of many of the most difficult problems facing democratic government in the 21^st century." 

(Albert P. Melone )

"It has useful insights to offer. Written by a political scientist, it aims to be accessible and avoid legalese. In this it succeeds." 

(Colin Crawford Local Government Studies ) --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

From the Publisher

Distinguishing features of this text:

Student-Friendly Conceptual Framework. The book is organized around a conceptual framework that contrasts democracy with the administrative state or “fourth branch of government” (significant policy making by insulated technocrats and bureaucrats).

Illustrative Cases. Each chapter begins with a scenario, or case in point, presented somewhat polemically, to pique the students' interest. These cases demonstrate the central point of the chapter, and, often, the student is referred back to that case to illustrate concepts throughout the chapter.

More Case Content. In contrast to other texts that use cases, this book includes more cases and more of each case so students can better grasp what led to the lawsuit and how the Court resolved it. In addition to the introductory case in point, the book presents cases throughout each chapter and chapters end with several more cases relevant to the chapter material. The cases in the middle of chapters tend to be “classics,” whereas the cases ending each chapter represent more recent decisions on the same points of law.

Summary of Doctrines. Each chapter includes a summary of administrative law doctrines, legal principles, and constitutional tests that students have gleaned from the cases presented in the chapter and that they should be able to apply to the end-of-chapter cases or to hypothetical cases.

Pedagogical Design. The book is designed to be compatible with a problem-solving pedagogical approach. Questions at the end of cases query students' understanding of doctrines, principles, and constitutional tests and whether the court applied those doctrines, principles, and tests; modified them; or ignored them. Also, the summary at the end of each chapter is compatible with a pedagogical approach that uses testing by hypothetical cases and requires students to outline. Case text from the courts is presented in a double-column format, which should make for easy reference to specific cases. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 464 pages
• Publisher: Sage Publications, Inc; 2nd edition (February 19, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0761909761
• ISBN-13: 978-0761909767
• Product Dimensions: 9.8 x 7.8 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.6 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,388,633 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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I received the book the day after I ordered it for a nominal delivery charge. The book was just what I needed for class, and it turned out to be the most important class I will take for my degree (at least IMHO). The spine was a bit loose and I found, oh the horror, a page with pink highlighter marks. All in all, I'm happy.

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This book was mandatory read for my Public Administration study. Unlike many of the Public Administration/Policy snoozer Text, this one is actually readable and well-worth its weight in gold. In it you'll find cascades of judicial case study on rulings that's shaped the Democracy and Bureaucracy of the United States. Administrative Law provides the reader with highlights into the thought processes (prevailing and dissenting opinions) behind the most relevant Judicial rulings (Supreme, District, Appellate, etc...) that affect our everyday lives as citizens. Equally as important, the Author presents the format in an extremely organized, easy-to-follow, easy-to-understand format for us non-lawyerly-type. I'm compelled to write a review for this book because it's one of the few Textbooks that's profoundly influenced my path in Public Service and provided me with a better understanding and appreciation for the nuts-and-bolts that make our Nation great. The one complaint I do have for the book -and for all Textbooks for that matter- is that it's quite heavy and difficult to lug around in a paperback/magazine-like fashion. In the not-so-distant future, I look forward to buying this reference Text in E-book format.