Comments:
The third edition of this highly respected textbook introduces students of public administration to the practical issues of administrative law. While useful to law school students, it is most relevant to public management students. The presentation provides a concise foundation to the history and theory of administrative law, rule making, and judicial decisions. The most important issues in administrative law are included--meaningful issues for present and future administrators. A larger number of recent cases and other up-to-date information will be found in the book in order to make the student aware of the kinds of legal problems likely to be encountered in public agencies. One or two cases illustrate each problem at hand, rather than discussing numerous arcane court decisions and technicalities of legal procedure, in order to sketch the broad contours of the present law.

--A careful blending of text and commentary by the authors with official materials (court cases, laws, administrative rulings and decisions)

--Written for undergraduate and beginning graduate students as an introduction to public administration and a selection of important issues in administrative law.

--An up-to-date treatment of the subject that includes classic materials in the field that still have an important impact on the law's application, but also includes recent developments such as The Patriot Act.

About the Authors

Donald D. Barry is professor emeritus at Lehigh University. He is the author of Russian Politics: The Post-Soviet Phase.

Howard R. Whitcomb is emeritus professor of political science at Lehigh University. He is the co-author of Judicial Administration: Text and Readings.