Administrative Law Decision Making: Theoretical Models and a Case Study
Abstract
The administrative hearings examiner is a quasi-judicial officer of an administrative agency whose adjudicative authority allows him significant policy input. Although administrative procedure is patterned after the more rigorous judicial procedure, four extra-judicial factors could affect the examiner's decision, in view of the structure of administrative agencies. These four factors are ex parte communications, role orientation, commitment to agency policy objectives, and ideology. A preliminary analysis using the examiners of a state regulatory agency shows that only role orientation is strongly related to examiner decisions. The role theory then promises to be the most useful avenue for future research.
Description
Program year: 1980-1981Digitized from print original stored in HDR
Subject
state regulatory agencyadministrative hearings examiner
policy input
ex parte communication
role orientation
agency policy objectives
ideology
Citation
Ellis, Steven Webster (1981). Administrative Law Decision Making: Theoretical Models and a Case Study. University Undergraduate Fellows. Available electronically from https : / /hdl .handle .net /1969 .1 /CAPSTONE -EllisS _1981.