ADJUS-120 Lecture Notes - Lecture 27: Rulemaking

• School: Diablo Valley College
• Department: Administration Of Justice
• Course: ADJUS-120
• Professor: sinsel

Document Summary

Branch of public law that is created by administrative agencies in the form of rules, regulations, orders, and decisions to carry out the regulatory powers and duties of those agencies. Gov"t entities having authority to affect the rights of private parties through their operations. Much of the federal, state, and local law in this country est. by countless administrative agencies. Fourth branch of gov"t- possess tremendous power. Relieve legislatures from impossible burden of fashioning legislation that deas w. every detail of a specific problem. Entire set of activities in which administrative agencies engage while carrying out these functions. Exercise powers that have been allocated by the constitution to the three separate branches of gov"t. Process by which an administrative agency enacts or promulgate rules of law. Rule- unde apa- whole or part of an agency statement of general or particular applicability and future effect designed to implement, interpret, or process law or policy.