Administrative Procedure and Practice: A Contemporary Approach

by William F. Funk, Sidney Shapiro, Russell Weaver

The 7th Edition of this popular casebook continues its focus on real problems and real administrative practice. Problems serve as the primary pedagogical tool, including problems that do not involve courts. The book raises ethical issues distinctive to government lawyers, requires students to parse statutory and regulatory text in solving problems, and orients the course around administrative law practice rather than theory. While theory is not ignored, the book focuses on reality-based problems that put theory in context. It includes the most recent important Supreme Court and Courts of Appeals cases, including West Virginia v. EPA , Kisor v. Wilkie , Seila Law v. CFPB , United States v. Arthrex , and Jarkesy v. SEC .

The 7th Edition continues to be an Interactive Casebook, featuring a novel visual display and layout using text boxes, color/border segregated feature sections for hypotheticals, reference to scholarly debates, useful information for students, and provocative questions. A major distinguishing feature of the book is its inclusion of an accompanying electronic version with the extensive hyperlinking to Westlaw versions of legal materials, Black's Law Dictionary definitions, supplementary online resources and more.

1051 pages, Hardcover

Published July 25, 2023

Reviews

[Andrew · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book teaches the subject pretty well, and hypo/case format is good. My main complaint is that several of the cases have been cut down too much. Its just frustrating when you read the excerpted case five or six times, and then have to go to the full case in order to find a detail that would have made the excerpt make sense. My second complaint is that I think I found twenty or so typos without really looking for them. This book cost nearly $200, so for it to be missing numerous pieces of critical information and to just not feel polished makes me frustrated.

[T.K. · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a surprisingly enjoyable textbook. The case selections tend to be interesting, the little blue notes that interrupt the text usually contain useful tidbits and break up the monotony of black and white on the page. The hypothetical questions tend to be helpful, but I wish they came after the relevant cases instead of before. I purchased both the hard bound book and access to an electronic copy through West Academic. The latter has proved disappointing and restrictive (just copying the case names and locations for my notes is annoying). If I could go back, I don't think I would have paid extra for my temporary access to the electronic copy.