Administrative Law
Chapter 1 -
Part 4
Take Home Exam
1. Administrative laws define the legal powers of administrative agencies.
2. A law is also called an act or statute.
3. Administrative substantive laws protect citizens’ rights.
4. The Executive Branch of government creates an agency.
5. Procedural laws explain methods and procedures.
6. Social Security makes rules for national security.
7. Administrative laws define the limits of agency powers.
8. Administrative procedural laws protect citizens’ right to drive.
9. The Supreme Court creates administrative agencies.
10. Administrative procedural laws protect citizens’ liberties.
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Take Home Exam Answers
TRUE 1. Administrative laws define the legal powers of administrative agencies.
FALSE 2. A law is also called an act or statute.
FALSE 3. Administrative substantive laws protect citizens’ rights.
TRUE 4. The Executive Branch of government creates an agency.
FALSE 5. Procedural laws explain methods and procedures.
TRUE 6. Social Security makes rules for national security.
FALSE 7. Administrative laws define the limits of agency powers.
TRUE 8. Administrative procedural laws protect citizens’ right to drive.
FALSE 9. The Supreme Court creates administrative agencies.
TRUE 10. Administrative procedural laws protect citizens’ liberties.
Three Venues for Research
1. In Book Research in the text chapter what the Department of Agriculture can and cannot do. Use examples from 7 USCS Congress §2201 and text. (page 4)
Can – agricultural rural development, human nutrition, propagate valuable
Plants, distribute seeds
Cannot – uphold education laws, nuclear energy laws
2. At Library (a) Choose a news magazine. Summarize an article that mentions a government agency’s activities. OR
(b) Research and write a brief history of the Department of Homeland Security.
www.dhs.com is the website. Other sources, newspapers, news magazines
3. On Internet Look up the Environmental Protection Agency and discuss what areas are available to researchers with its various links. www.epa.gov
Internship
Today you begin working as a paralegal for a three-lawyer law firm. Your lawyer tells you that she is working on a possible hazardous waste case. A homeowner believes his property has been polluted by a machine shop next door to him, possibly from waste that spills onto his land.
The lawyer tells you to find the website for the United States Code that cites Environmental Protection Agency. (http://thomas.loc.gov). This is the Library of Congress site. She tells you to summarize what 42 USC §6901 emphasizes.
She also asks you to see if the EPA website at www.epa.gov has any useful
information on waste spills.
§6901 Solid Waste Disposal / Subchapter III on hazardous waste