Reasonable people disagree about the reach of the federal government, but there is near-universal consensus that it should protect us from such dangers as bacteria-infested food, harmful drugs, toxic pollution, crumbling bridges, and unsafe toys. And yet, the agencies that shoulder these responsibilities are in shambles; if they continue to decline, lives will be lost and natural resources will be squandered. In this timely book, Rena Steinzor and Sidney Shapiro take a hard look at the tangled web of problems that have led to this dire state of affairs. It turns out that the agencies are not primarily to blame and that regulatory failure actually stems from a host of overlooked causes. Steinzor and Shapiro discover that unrelenting funding cuts, a breakdown of the legislative process, an increase in the number of political appointees, a concurrent loss of experienced personnel, chaotic White House oversight, and ceaseless political attacks on the bureaucracy all have contributed to the broken system. But while the news is troubling, the authors also propose a host of reforms, including a new model for measuring the success of the agencies and a revitalization of the civil service. The People’s Agents and the Battle to Protect the American Public is an urgent and compelling appeal to renew America’s best traditions of public service.

The People's Agents and the Battle to Protect the American Public: Special Interests, Government, and Threats to Health, Safety, and the Environment

Shapiro, Sidney

Steinzor, Rena

Self-Help

University of Chicago Press

This book contains all the up-to-date federal administrative laws, including the most recent amendment to Executive Order 12866 on Regulatory Planning and Review. In addition, it contains key provisions of the Federal Trade Commission Act, the Ethics in Government Act, the National Labor Relations Act, and the Occupational Safety and Health Act. It further contains both the 1961 and 1981 Model State Administrative Procedure Acts, as well as the administrative law provisions of the California Code of Civil Procedure and Government Code and the Florida Public Records Law and Open Meetings Law.

Selected Federal and State Administrative and Regulatory Laws (Selected Statutes)

Weaver, Russell

Funk, William

Administrative Law

West Academic Publishing

This popular casebook, with its unique approach focusing on real problems and real administrative practice, is now out in a new edition. The latest Supreme Court cases and the hottest issues, like the ethical issues involved in the “torture memos,” have been added. The new edition, however, retains its distinctive characteristics of using problems as the primary pedagogical tool, including problems that do not involve courts; raising the ethical issues peculiar to government lawyers; and orienting the course around administrative law practice, rather than theory. While theory is not ignored, it arises out of the crucible of reality-based problems, providing a basis for students to appreciate the theory.

Administrative Procedure and Practice, Problems and Cases (American Casebook Series)

Provides a different presentation and practice orientation than other casebooks. The problem method simulates day-to-day problem solving and advocacy where the student is asked to perform the same functions as an administrative lawyer. It also covers the two basic procedural approaches in administrative law, rulemaking and adjudication, and then considers theoretical issues. Each section begins with a narrative description of the law followed by cases, statutes, regulations, and other materials one would consult in a practice to resolve issues.

Administrative Procedure & Practice : Problems & Cases

Funk, William F.

West Group

I Chose China: The Metamorphosis of a Country and a Man

Biographies & Memoirs

Historical

Hippocrene Books

The accidental discovery in the 17th century of a Jewish community in the city of Kaifeng, and the findings there by Jesuit missionaries, marked the beginning of widespread interest in the subject of Jews in China. In the centuries that followed, Western Sinologists arrived in China and engaged in a variety of investigations. In the 1f980s, however, Sidney Shapiro, a former New York lawyer who has lived half a century in Beijing, felt that "there was a crying need to learn what the Chinese scholars themselves have to say about the history of Jews in China." With that in mind, he compiled the remarkable fruits of research conducted by Chinese social scientists, and edited and translated them into English. Jews in Old China was originally published by Hippocrene Books in 1984 with considerable success. It was then translated into Hebrew and published in Israel in 1987. This newly expanded edition offers a rich exposition, according to the Chinese investigations, on the origins of these Jewish migrants-when and why they came, the routes they followed, where they settled, and descriptions of their religious and social lives under the Hans, the Mongols, and the Manchus. This book provides a wealth of information about the conflicts, contributions, adaptation and ultimate assimilation of the Jews in China. It also introduces, from the Chinese perspective, the Radanites, the great medieval Jewish mercantile traders, who provided an important link between China and the West.

Jews in Old China: Studies by Chinese Scholars

History

Asia

The central theme of Regulatory Law and Policy is the concept that the practice of regulatory law involves the interrelationship of law, policy analysis, and politics. While the legal limits of regulation are explored in many law school courses, this book emphasizes policy analysis and politics. Part I explores government regulation and examines the contextual background of the regulatory state. Parts II and III examine various economic and social justifications for government regulation. 
 In the third edition, the authors retain the original focus of the book but reflect the important legal and policy developments that have occurred since the last edition, including: 
<li> the fate of the Telecommunications Act of 1996; </li>
<li>the collapse of the airline industry; </li>
<li>new farm subsidy legislation; </li>
<li>the fate of the 1996 welfare reform legislation; </li>
<li>the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001, reforming federal educational support; and </li>
<li>significant new Supreme Court cases, especially those involving takings law and commercial free speech.</li>

Regulatory Law and Policy: Cases and Materials

Tomain, Joseph

Carolina Academic Press

Analyzing principal concepts, cases, and regulations, this textbook is designed as a collateral reading source for a law school level or graduate level course on administrative law.

Administrative Law and Process (University Textbook Series)

Pierce Jr., Richard

Verkuil, Paul

Rules & Procedures

Foundation Press

This textbook analyzes principal concepts, cases, and regulations in administrative law. It can be used as a collateral reading source in law schools and schools of public health and policy.

Administrative Law and Process, 6th (University Treatise Series)

The central theme of Regulatory Law and Policy is the concept that the practice of regulatory law involves the interrelationship of law, policy analysis, and politics. While the legal limits of regulation are explored in many law school courses, this book emphasizes policy analysis and politics. This fourth edition adds two new features. First, it explores contemporary problems such as the legalization of marijuana and the status of rideshare activities of such companies as Uber and Lyft. In addition, we present practice problems for the students to think through and apply the policy analyses discussed throughout the book.

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The People's Agents and the Battle to Protect the American Public: Special Interests, Government, and Threats to Health, Safety, and the Environment

Selected Federal and State Administrative and Regulatory Laws (Selected Statutes)

Administrative Procedure and Practice, Problems and Cases (American Casebook Series)

Administrative Procedure & Practice : Problems & Cases

I Chose China: The Metamorphosis of a Country and a Man

Jews in Old China: Studies by Chinese Scholars

Regulatory Law and Policy: Cases and Materials

Administrative Law and Process (University Textbook Series)

Administrative Law and Process, 6th (University Treatise Series)

Regulatory Law and Policy: Cases and Materials