Growth of the Administrative State and the Administrative Procedure Act Compromise [No. 86]

How does the Administrative Procedure Act (APA) of 1946 reflect a compromise? Professor Christopher Walker discusses the history and current state of administrative agencies. He gives an overview of the balance the APA sought to strike between fair and transparent procedures, on one hand, and the danger of ossification (stale regulations that are not updated with changing times).

Christopher J. Walker an Associate Professor of Law (with tenure) at The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law and Director of the Moritz Washington, D.C., Summer Program. Professor Walker’s research focuses primarily on administrative law, regulation, and law and policy at the agency level.

As always, the Federalist Society takes no position on particular legal or public policy issues; all expressions of opinion are those of the speaker.

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