I. Warming up. 1. Answer the following questions:

1. Answer the following questions:

 

1) What sphere of law does the administrative law belong to?

2) What is the main task of administrative law?

3) What administrative bodies can you think of?

2. Match the following English words and expressions with their Ukrainian equivalents:

 

1 1 1	rulemaking	aa	винесення судового рішення
	adjudication	bb	Урядові установи
	regulatory agenda	cc	оподаткування
	taxation	dd	нормотворчість
	government agencies	fe	Судовий перегляд
	judicial review	ff	суттєвий для оцінки
	vital in appreciating	fg	регулятивна програма

 

 

3. Divide the following words into two groups:

1) those in which the letter g is pronounced as [g],

2) those in which the letter g is pronounced as [dз].

Agencies, government, regulatory, agenda, general, legal, encouraging, legislative, immigration, adjudicate.

Read the text paying special attention to the most important definitions.

TEXT 1

Administrative law

Administrative law is the body of law that governs the activities of administrative agencies of government. Government agency action can include rulemaking, adjudication, or the enforcement of a specific regulatory agenda.

Rulemaking is an agency process for formulating, amending, or repealing a rule. A rule in turn is the whole or a part of an agency statement of general or particular applicability and future effect designed to implement, interpret, or prescribe law or policy.

Adjudication is an agency process for the formulation of an order. An order in turn is the whole or part of a final disposition of an agency in a matter other than rule making but including licensing.

Administrative law is considered a branch of public law. As a body of law, administrative law deals with the decision-making of administrative units of government (e.g., tribunals, boards or commissions) that are part of a national regulatory scheme in such areas as police law, international trade, manufacturing, the environment, taxation, broadcasting, immigration and transport.

Administrative law expanded greatly during the twentieth century, as legislative bodies world-wide created more government agencies to regulate the increasingly complex social, economic and political spheres of human interaction.

While administrative decision-making bodies are often controlled by larger governmental units, their decisions could be reviewed by a court of general jurisdiction under some principle of judicial review based upon due process (United States) or fundamental justice (Canada).

Judicial review of administrative decision, it must be noted, is different from an appeal. When sitting in review of a decision, the Court will only look at the method in which the decision was arrived at, whereas in appeal the correctness of the decision itself will be under question. This difference is vital in appreciating administrative law in common law countries.

 

II. COMPREHENSION

A. Give the definitions for the following terms and expressions or explain in other words.

1) administrative law;

2) rulemaking;

3) a rule;

4) adjudication;

5) an order.

 

2. Answer the following questions using the information from the text:

1) What can government agency action include?

2) What does administrative law deal with?

3) When did administrative law expand greatly? Why?

4) Why could the decisions of administrative decision-making bodies be reviewed by a court of general jurisdiction?

5) How does judicial review of administrative decision differ from an appeal?

 

3. Complete the following sentences according to the information from the text:

1) A rule is the whole or a part of an agency statement of general or particular applicability and ….

2) The decision-making of administrative units of government (e.g., tribunals, boards or commissions) are part of …

3) While administrative decision-making bodies are often controlled by larger governmental units,…

4) When sitting in review of a decision, the Court will only look at the method in which the decision was arrived at, whereas …