This book focuses on the essentials that public administration students and public managers should know about administrative law.

David H. Rosenbloom is Distinguished Professor of Public Administration at American University. He specializes in constitutional-administrative law, administrative theory, history, and reform. His research has been cited for authority in two U.S. Supreme Court cases and identified as the most co-cited work on American law and public administration in five top-level public administration journals in 1999-2019. Rosenbloom is a Fellow in the National Academy of Public Administration. His numerous awards include the Gaus Award for exemplary scholarship in political science and public administration, Waldo Award for outstanding contributions to the literature and leadership of public administration, Levine Award for excellence in public administration and a Brownlow Award for his book, Building a Legislative-Centered Public Administration. His introductory textbook, Public Administration, 9th Edition, co-authored by Robert Kravchuk and Richard Clerkin, is published with Routledge in 2022.

1. What is Administrative Law?, 2. Constitutional Structure and Public Administration, 3. Individuals' Constitutional Rights in Administrative Encounters, 4. Administrative Rulemaking, 5. Evidentiary Adjudication and Enforcement, 6. Transparency, 7. Judicial and Legislative Review of Administrative Action, 8. Staying Current