法律英语Lesson6 Administrative Law.pptVIP

法律英语 Lesson SixAdministrative Law Background Administrative law is broken into several interrelated parts. They are: administrative rules, regulations and procedures for government agencies and bodies; the scope of agency authority, in particular individual privacy; and enforcement powers of agencies. Three concerns: The procedures employed by “agencies” in effecting “agency action” Judicial review of those actions Special procedures relating to the handling and release of information in the government’s possession Neither a court nor a legislature nor an elected chief executive can be an “agency”. 法院、立法机构和行政长官都不构成“行政机关”。 “Agency” includes every administrative unit exercising public authority 行使公共权力的行政单位构成行政机关。 Agency action Administrative procedure legislation—— relatively formal procedures of adjudication, rulemaking 正式判决、规章制定 Federal agency action —— grant, denial, or failure to act upon…… Model State Administrative Procedure Act 行政行为包括自由地履行或不履行职责、职能和行为 例外 传统的刑事诉讼、传统的民事诉讼、严格意义上的政治行为 Administrative law Grab-bag for all government actions affecting private persons …… ___those of the criminal law or the ordinary civil law as administered by courts ……Can be connected with public administration The central tasks of administrative law Assuring the control as well as the effectiveness of government 行政法的主要任务是确保对政府的控制，并保证政府的工作效率。 Paradigmatic procedures Paradigmatic relationship with overseers 标准程序、标准关系 Can and do vary to meet the needs of particular situations 标准程序以及与监督机构之间的标准关系并非一成不变。 Sketchy models Formal adjudication 正式裁决 Informal adjudication 非正式裁决 Formal rulemaking 正式规章制定 Informal rulemaking 非正式规章制定 Interpretation 解释 Inspection 监督 Formal adjudication Resemble a civil trial Conduct before an administrative law judge or agency A strict separation of functions within an agency The results of formal adjudication are generally reviewed by courts Hearing ——听证会 Informal adjudication The taking decisions by bureaucratic routine 通过政治程序作出非正式裁决 judicial rev