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Textbook: Administrative Law Principles and Advocacy, John Swaigen 4ed Software: Microsoft Office Websites: Student Discretion

Assignment Description

For each of the six principles of administrative law, define and explain how it applies in practice.

1. Principle: Decision-makers who exercise powers granted by statute ("administrators") must stay within their legal authority, or jurisdiction.
2. Principle: Administrators must exercise their judgment in a reasonable manner when they have discretion in making decisions.
3. Principle: Administrators must follow fair procedures when making decisions that affect a person's rights or interests.
4. Principle: A person to whom the legislature has delegated authority to carry out a function may not delegate it to someone else.
5. Principle: To be valid, subordinate (or delegated) legislation must conform to the statute under which it is passed.
6. Principle: If decision-makers violate any of the above principles, the superior courts have an inherent power to intervene to rectify this failure.