ABSTRACT
For the most part, administrative law regulates agency collection and dissemination of information, use of delegated legislative authority, administrative enforcement, adjudication, rulemaking, investigation, meetings, public participation in agency decision making, and judicial review of administrative action or inaction. This chapter focuses primarily on the federal judiciary's impact on federal administration through its review of the range of agency behavior that is regulated by administrative law. It begins with a discussion of two broad constitutional issues that are central to federal administrative law-the meaning of the Commerce Clause and the permissibility of legislative delegations of authority to administrative agencies. The chapter presents an overview of the APA and related controls on federal agencies. The remainder of the chapter is devoted to an analysis of statutory-based judicial review of agency activity and its impact on federal administration. It is devoted to an analysis of statutory-based judicial review of agency activity and its impact on federal administration.
