Administrative Law

Revision as of 13:10, 6 December 2007

Introduction

Administrative law governs the activities of federal, state, and local government agencies.

Researching This Topic in LexisNexis Academic

Finding Sources

By State

To find adminstrative law sources for your state, follow these steps:

• Select the "Browse" option on the sources tab, select Area of Law
• Click on the folder for "Administrative Law" (this has already been done in the screen shot below)
• Select "United States" from the Country dropdown box; a new box will appear with US regions and states
• Select your state from the new box to restrict the sources list to just your state
• Select the source(s) you want to search and click the "OK-Continue" button

Researching This Topic in LexisNexis Congressional

LexisNexis Congressional provides fast and easy access to infomration produced by the U.S. Congress on a variety of topics. Here are some examples of search terms to use to find administrative law-related documents.

• Administrative law and procedue

• Administrative law judges

• Customs administration

• Education regulation

• Environmental regulation

• Financial regulation

• Fines, administrative procedure

• Government forms and paperwork

• Housing regulation

• Medical regulation

• Occupational health and safety regulation

• Price regulation

• Telecommunication regulation

• Trade regulation

• Transportation regulation

Find Related Tables on LexisNexis Statistical

Sample Table

LexisNexis™ Statistical provides fast and easy access to statistical information produced by U.S. Federal agencies, States, private organizations, and major intergovernmental organizations. Here are some examples of search terms to use to find administrative law related tables within LexisNexis™ Statistical SearchTables:

• "Administrative law and procedure"
• "Antitrust law"
• "Civil procedure"
• "Commercial law"
• "Consumer protection"
• "Environmental impact statements"
• "Environmental regulation"
• "Federal independent agencies"
• “Public administration"
• “State and local employees"
• “State and local taxes"
• “State budgets"
• "State government"
• "Local government"
• "Federal-State relations"

Other suggested searches include "Administration of justice" "Civil procedure" "City and town planning" "Federal Inspectors General reports" "Financial institutions regulation" "Fines and settlements" "Government and business" "Government forms and paperwork" "Labor law" "Licenses and permits" "Maritime law" "Medical regulation" "Price regulation" and "Local government annexation". For specific, legal-related search terms, see terms related to "Law" within the "Statistical Subject List" located within the LexisNexis Statistical products.

See also the article Statistical Searching: How Do I...? for additional tips on finding specific types of information within LexisNexis Statistical.