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Record Nr.

UNINA9910828211603321

Autore

Hume Robert J

Titolo

How courts impact federal administrative behavior / / Robert J. Hume

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Routledge, 2009

ISBN

1-135-83813-5

0-415-84824-5

1-282-08503-4

9786612085031

0-203-87560-5

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (174 p.)

Collana

Routledge studies in North American politics

Disciplina

347.73/12

Soggetti

Judicial review of administrative acts - United States

Judicial opinions - United States - Language

Judges - United States - Language

Appellate courts - United States

Administrative agencies - United States - Decision making

Administrative procedure - United States - Decision making

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [145]-154) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Words matter -- The mechanics of review -- How words matter -- Certiorari and other appeals -- Policy change -- Agency nonacquiescence -- Why words matter.

Sommario/riassunto

What impact do federal courts have on the administrative agencies of the federal government? How do agencies react to the decisions of federal courts? This book answers these questions by examining the responses of federal agencies to the U.S. Courts of Appeals, revealing what happens inside agencies after courts rule against them. Robert J. Hume draws upon dozens of interviews with current and former administrators, taking readers behind the scenes of these organizations to reveal their internal procedures, their attitudes about courts, and their surprising capacity to be influenced by a j