Administrative Law
Unlike this site’s more comparative courses, this one is deliberately U.S.- and U.K.-specific — the modern regulatory state, with its rulemaking, enforcement, and judicial-review machinery, is a genuinely common-law-specific institution in a way most other subjects here aren’t. Every module follows the same shape: visualize the material, drill it, then apply it — no passive video lectures, no AI-generated answers, just structured, interactive exercises you can revisit as many times as you need. This course is part of the All-Access Membership.
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1. The Administrative State & Agency Structure
Why agencies exist, the 'fourth branch' tension, executive vs. independent agencies, and their U.K. counterparts.
2. Rulemaking: Notice-and-Comment & Beyond
The APA rulemaking process, legislative vs. interpretive rules, and U.K. delegated legislation.
3. Adjudication & Enforcement
Formal vs. informal adjudication, agency enforcement powers, due process, and the U.K. tribunal system.
4. Judicial Review of Agency Action
Standards of review, exhaustion, the post-Loper Bright landscape, and U.K. judicial review's three grounds.
5. Agency Accountability & Independence
Congressional and executive oversight, removal-power litigation, and U.K. ministerial accountability.
Capstone: The Full Case
One regulatory dispute traced from rulemaking through enforcement, judicial review, and accountability.
