Public Administration and Law

"Public Administration and Law has been edited for use as a supplement for an undergraduate or MPA level course on administrative law. The selections, all from the pages of "Public Administration Review, have been chosen to enlighten and enliven the contents of any standard administrative law textbook. Each of the book's main sections begins with introductory text and discussion questions by the volume editors, Julia Beckett and Heidi Koenig, followed by relevant readings from "PAR. The book's contents follow the standard pattern established by the field's major textbooks to facilitate the instructor's ability to assign readings that illuminate lectures and text material. The book concludes with two invaluable resources--a bibliography of 65 years of "PAR articles concerning public law, plus a bibliography of law-related articles appearing in other journals published by ASPA.

The selections, all from "Public Administration Review", have been chosen to enlighten and enliven the contents of any standard administrative law textbook. Each of the book's main sections begins with introductory text and discussion questions by the volume editors, followed by relevant readings from PAR.

Part I A Government Under Law; Chapter 1 Public Administration Theory and Separation of Powers, David H. Rosenbloom; Chapter 2 Public Administration, Executive Power, and Constitutional Confusion, John A. Rohr; Chapter 3 Response to John Rohr, Rosemary O'Leary; Chapter 4 City Managers and City Attorneys, Doyle W. Buckwalter, J. Ivan Legler; Chapter 5 Retrofitting the Administrative State to the Constitution, David H. Rosenbloom; Part II The Relationships Between Courts and Administrators; Chapter 6 Trash Talk, Rosemary O'Leary; Chapter 7 Free Speech, Heidi O. Koenig; Chapter 8 Judicial Lawmaking and Administration, Roger C. Cramton; Chapter 9 The Politics of Partnership, R. Shep Melnick; Chapter 10 Conflict or Constructive Tension, Phillip J. Cooper; Part III Government Operations and Administrative Law; Chapter 11 The Politics of Administrative Rulemaking, William West; Chapter 12 Who is "Due" Process?, Barbara S. Grumet; Chapter 13 Making Bureaucrats Responsive, Judy B. Rosener; Chapter 14 Managing the Freedom of Information Act and Federal Information Policy, Lotte E. Feinberg; Part IV Administrators and Conflict Resolution; Chapter 15 Root Dynamics of Alternative Dispute Resolution, David G. Carnevale; Chapter 16 ADR and Administrative Responsiveness, Nancy J. Manring; Chapter 17 A Conflict Resolution Approach to Public Administration, Zhiyong Lan; Part V The Role of Law in Public Administration; Chapter 18 Public Administration and Social Equity, H. George Frederickson; Chapter 19 Breaking Up Is Hard to Do, Charles R. Wise, Rosemary O'Leary; Chapter 20 Rediscovering Principles of Public Administration, Ronald C. Moe, Robert S. Gilmour;