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Administrative Law: A Living Map

Legislatures create agencies and give them power. Agencies make rules (often by notice and comment), decide cases (adjudication) and enforce the law. Courts review agency action for lawfulness, and accountability is maintained through the executive, Congress and the courts. Press Play to watch the map build, click an idea for its definition and the usual trap, or trace a short case. A simplified teaching map of the general approach (mainly US law); check the law where you work.

Hover over an idea to light up what it connects to, click it for its definition, minimum requirements, an example and the usual trap, press Play to watch the map build step by step, or trace a short case through it.

Simplified teaching map, in general terms. Check the law where you work. On a small screen, scroll the map sideways.

Learn it properly

The full lecture, exercises and quiz behind this map are in Administrative Law: Module 1, and that module is free to read.

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