Introduction to Administrative Process: Cases & Materials

Abstract:     
The PDF is 13.8 mb file containing the 11th revision of a relatively conventional 498 pp. casebook intended for use in a 3-semester-hour survey course. A previous edition was published by Carolina Academic Press, but the author now holds the copyright.

Agencies that regulate technology or oversee intellectual property receive above-average attention, but, focusing on judicial review, the book explores key issues regardless of agencies' tasks. The Patent and Trademark Office, of expanding global importance, receives closest attention and offers rich opportunities for exploring both traditional and non-traditional topics. One of the latter is the agency's unique capacity to regulate practitioners. Organization and contents are informed by over thirty years experience teaching administrative process as well as intellectual property.

This book may be reproduced for royalty-free, non profit use. The author is happy to provide the current syllabus, prior exams and a three-color cover. An appendix includes the APA, FOIA and relevant provisions from Titles 15, 17, 28 and 35. of the U.S. Code. There is also a relatively complete table of cases but no index.

Keywords: administrative law, administrative process, judicial review, Patent and Trademark Office, Copyright Office, casebook

JEL Classifications: K23

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