Judicial Review of Administrative Procedure Act Decisions
Editor(s)
Richard A. Finnigan, James M. Van Nostrand & Laurie Flinn Connelly
Files
Description
In federal and state governments in the United States, administrative agencies are often given broad delegated powers to affect policy, subject only to the substantive and procedural limits contained in the Constitution and in statutes. In our legal system, the basic function of judicial review of agency action is to keep administrative agencies within the bounds set for them by these legislative and constitutional commands. It is understood that courts have no significant policy-making authority; they should not extend their own function beyond the policing of these constitutional and statutory boundaries.
The Administrative Procedure Act (APA), Chapter 34.05 RCW, contains several types of information about judicial review. It identifies what matters are reviewable, how and where judicial review is obtained, who can seek judicial review, when review can be obtained, and what review consists of once it is secured.
--Publisher's description
Title of Book
Washington Administrative Law Practice Manual
ISBN
9780409200409
Publication Date
1991
Document Type
Book
Publisher
Matthew Bender
City
New York
Keywords
judicial review, Washington Administrative Procedure Act
Disciplines
Administrative Law
Recommended Citation
William R. Andersen,
Judicial Review of Administrative Procedure Act Decisions, in
Washington Administrative Law Practice Manual
10-1
(Richard A. Finnigan, James M. Van Nostrand & Laurie Flinn Connelly eds., 1991).
Available at:
https://digitalcommons.law.uw.edu/faculty-books/29
Comments
Professor William R. Andersen joined the University of Washington School of Law in 1964 and is now an Emeritus Professor of Law.
The Manual is prepared by the Washington State Bar Association's Administrative Law Section. It is updated annually.
Also available on LexisNexis and as an e-book.