Crisis and Legitimacy: The Administrative Process and American Government, by James O. Freedman

Preface Introduction 1. Crisis and legitimacy in the administrative process Part I. Sources of crisis in the administrative process: 2. Separation of powers and the American imagination 3. The departure from judicial norms 4. Public perceptions and administrative performance 5. Agency independence and political accountability 6. Delegation of power and institutional competence 7. Explaining differences in agency performance 8. The significance of public attitudes toward agency goals 9. The significance of institutional capacities and limitations Part II. The relevance of administrative procedure 10. Administrative procedure and the nature of legitimacy Part III. The nature of the formal administrative process 11. Defining the idea of 'agency' 12. The Administrative Procedure Act and enforcement proceedings 13. The significance of an impartial hearing officer 14. Separation of functions and the Constitution 15. Disqualification for bias Part IV. The nature of the informal administrative process: 16. The meaning of summary action 17. Summary action and the Constitution 18. Summary action as an administrative process 19. Structuring the use of summary action Conclusion: 20. The challenge of administrative legitimacy Notes Bibliography Index.