Business Law | Chapter 43

Administrative Law

Substantive and procedural law that governs the operation of administrative agencies

Specific Government regulation

Laws that regulate specific industries (ex. Food, Drug, and Cosmetic)

General Government Regulation

Laws that regulate all businesses regardless of industry (ex. OSHA)

Cabinet-level Departments

Answer directly to the president and will be headed by someone appointed and confirmed by the Senate (Dept of Agriculture, Dept of Justice)

Federal Administrative Agencies

Created by congress and are tasked with enforcing particular pieces of legislative (ex. OSHA)

State and Local Agencies

Tasked with regulating business activity within the state by enforcing state statutes (ex. SC Port Authority)

Procedure Laws

The processes agency must go through when enforcing its laws

Substantive Laws

The actual laws agencies created to enforce legislative like OSHA or FTA

Equal Access to Justice Act

A federal statute that protects persons from harassment by federal administrative agencies and provides monetary penalties

The Government in the Sunshine Act

A federal statute that requires most federal administrative agency meetings to be open to the public.

Privacy Act

A federal statute that stipulates that federal administrative agencies can only maintain information about an individual that is relevant and necessary to accomplish a legitimate agency purpose. The act permits persons to have access to their records and to correct information.