Administrative Law

Introduction

Administrative Law targets legislation and other government actions involving delegation of authority to government departments and agencies. The scope includes rulemaking processes, judicial review of agency decisions and the disclosure of governmental information.

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

Index Terms

See our wiki article on the index for more information on how to use Index Terms in LexisNexis Academic.

Try adding the terms:

• Administrative Law
• Administrative Law Judges
• Agency Adjudication

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Professional Journals and Law Reviews

• Administrative Law Journal
  
• Journal of The National Association of Administrative Law Judges

Researching This Topic in LexisNexis Congressional

LexisNexis Congressional provides fast and easy access to information 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

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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.