Administrative Law for Paralegals
Joseph W. Teague, Esq.

ISBN-10: 0929563514
ISBN-13: 9780929563510

Publisher: Prentice Hall
Copyright: 1999
Format: Spiral Bound; 207 pp
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For courses in Administrative Law.

This text is designed to introduce students to the many opportunities and different avenues available to the legal professional in the field of administrate law. It covers the full range of administrative law that affects everyone from cradle to grave and that touches everything we do in our day-to-day activities. It begins with a full discussion of the basis for administrative law, then explores state administrative law, and federal administrative agencies.

  • Basis for administrative law.
    • Familiarizes students with the nature and effect of administrative law, agency rulemaking, and the administrative law judge and the administrative hearing.
  • State administrative law--Covers State Public Utility Commission, State Department of Health, State Department of Human Services, State Water Commission, and State Attorney General.
    • Introduces students to the mission and responsibilities of state agencies.
  • Federal administrative law--Describes the United States Department of Justice, United States Department of Health and Human Services, Social Security Administration, United States Department of Labor, United States Department of Labor Operation Fair Labor Standards Act, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Employee Polygraph Protection Act, United States Environmental Protection Agency, and United States Department of the Treasury.
    • Exposes students to the mission and responsibilities of federal agencies.
  • Boxed definitions, examples, quotes.
  • Checklists.
  • Descriptive charts--Outlines and defines various procedures, functions, agencies, officials, departments, acts/citations, etc.
    • Enables students to quickly determine the nature of a step, position, function, etc. and to compare it to others involved in the same category.

I. BASIS FOR ADMINISTRATIVE LAW.

1. Nature and Effect of Administrative Law.
2. Agency Rulemaking.
3. The Administrative Law Judge and the Administrative Hearing.

II. STATE ADMINISTRATIVE LAW.

4. State Public Utility Commission.
5. State Department of Health, State Department of Human Services, and State Water Commission.
6. State Attorney General.

III. FEDERAL ADMINISTRATIVE AGENCIES.

7. United States Department of Justice.
8. United States Department of Health and Human Services.
9. Social Security Administration.
10. United States Department of Labor.
11. United States Department of Labor Operation Fair Labor Standards Act, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Employee Polygraph Protection Act.
12. United States Environmental Protection Agency.
13. United States Department of the Treasury.
14. Conclusion.
Glossary.
Appendix A: State Public Utility Commissions.
Appendix B: State Departments of Health.
Appendix C: State Attorney General Offices.

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