Bureaucracy in America : the administrative state's challenge to constitutional government / Joseph Postell.
2017
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Bureaucracy in America : the administrative state's challenge to constitutional government / Joseph Postell.
Imprint
Columbia : University of Missouri Press, [2017]
Copyright
©2017.
Description
xii, 403 pages ; 24 cm.
Series
Studies in constitutional democracy.
Formatted Contents Note
An improved science of administration : administration and the American founding
Well-regulated and free : administration and constitutionalism in the early republic
Executive-centered administration : administrative law and constitutionalism during the Jacksonian era
The beginning of bureaucracy? administrative power after the Civil War
A new science of administration : progressivism and the administrative state
The crisis of legitimacy : the New Deal challenge to American constitutionalism
A surrogate political process : the 1970s administrative law revolution
The conservative counterrevolution? the rise of a jurisprudence of deference
The ongoing crisis of legitimacy.
Well-regulated and free : administration and constitutionalism in the early republic
Executive-centered administration : administrative law and constitutionalism during the Jacksonian era
The beginning of bureaucracy? administrative power after the Civil War
A new science of administration : progressivism and the administrative state
The crisis of legitimacy : the New Deal challenge to American constitutionalism
A surrogate political process : the 1970s administrative law revolution
The conservative counterrevolution? the rise of a jurisprudence of deference
The ongoing crisis of legitimacy.
Summary
"The rise of the administrative state is the most significant political development in American politics over the past century. While our Constitution separates powers into three branches, and requires that the laws are made by elected representatives in the Congress, today most policies are made by unelected officials in agencies where legislative, executive, and judicial powers are combined. This threatens constitutionalism and the rule of law. This book examines the history of administrative power in America and argues that modern administrative law has failed to protect the principles of American constitutionalism as effectively as earlier approaches to regulation and administration"--Publisher's website.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 375-387) and index.
Location
STA
Call Number
KF5407 .P67 2017
Language
English
ISBN
0826221238
9780826221230
9780826221230
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