Examining First, Fourth, Fifth, Eighth, and Fourteenth Amendment rights, this reference explains how public administrators must do their jobs and how administrative systems must operate in order to comply with constitutional law.

The Administrative State, Democratic Constitutionalism, and the Rule of Law. The Problem: Retrofitting the American Administrative State into the Constitutional Scheme. Administrative Law and the Judiciary Today. Environmental Law: Changing Public Administration Practices. The Constitutionalization of Public Administrative Action. The Individual as Client and Customer of Public Agencies. Street-Level Encounters. The Individual as Government Employee or Contractor. The Individual as Inmate in Administrative Institutions. The Individual as Antagonist of the Administrative State. Law, Courts, and Public Administration.

David H. Rosenbloom, Ph.D. is Distinguished Professor of Public Administration in the School of Public Affairs at American University in Washington, D.C., and Chair Professor of Public Management at City University of Hong Kong. Rosemary O'Leary, Ph.D., J.D. is Distinguished Professor of Public Administration and the Howard G. and S. Louise Phanstiel Chair in Strategic Management and Leadership at Syracuse University. Joshua M. Chanin, M.P.A., J.D. is a Ph.D. candidate in Public Administration and Justice, Law, and Society in the School of Public Affairs at American University in Washington, D.C.