Crisis and Legitimacy

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.