PA 752

Public Administration and the Law

Fall 2008

Class Schedule

Note: CC refers to the required text Constitutional Competence. Be prepared to discuss questions posed by the authors following assigned case excerpts.
AL refers to required text Administrative Law for Public Managers
ER refers to articles on electronic reserve.

Where you need or want the the full case, please use http://lp.findlaw.com/ (BROWSE BY CASES/CODE/ARTICLES/U.S. Supreme Court, and access cases by year) . Full cases are also available from Lexis (available through SFSU library website)

This is a preliminary list of readings. Please check the this page weekly for updates. Discussion questions should be e-mailed every week on by noon the day of the class meeting.

Date	Topic	Reading/Assignments
Sept. 8	The Judiciary and Law	CC preface, ch 1 (pp. 1-18); AL: 2.

Sept. 15	Judicial Structure and Process	CC: 9 (omit case 9.1; read case 9.2) ER Rosenbloom & O'Leary Rohr 1989 Lawrence v Texas (2003)

Sept. 22	Public Administrators' Accountability & Liability	CC: 2 (including cases) Hope v Pelzer (2002) Brosseau v. Haugen (2005)

Sept. 29	Administrative Law: Origins & Requirements	AL: 1, 4, 5 Industrial Union Dept., AFL-CIO v. American Petroleum Institute (1980) NARA v. Favish (2004)

Oct. 6	guest speaker: Barry Pearl, City and County of San Francisco Administrative Law: Rulemaking	AL: 3; ER: Barry and Whitcomb, chapter 6. Written briefs due

Oct. 13	Administrative Law: Legislative and Judicial Review	AL: 6; Cooper Rosenbloom 2001 Chevron U.S.A. v. Natural Resources Defense Council (1984) Heckler v. Chaney (1985)

Oct. 20	The Constitution and PA: Equal Protection	Frederickson CC text of 4 & 8 ; cases 4.4, 5.3, 4.3, 7.3, 7.4, 8.3 Enquist v. Oregon Dept. of Agriculture Gratz v. Bollinger (2003) Grutter v. Bollinger (2003) Johnson v California (2005) Parents Involved in Community Schools v Seattle (with Meredith v Jefferson County) (2007) 1st short paper due

Oct. 27	The Constitution and PA: Due Process, 'New Property' and Takings Clause	AL: Review relevant sections of ch 2; CC: Text of 6 and cases 5.1, 6.1, 6.2, 8.1, 8.4; Grumet ER: Barry and Whitcomb, chapter 7 (excerpt) Goldberg v Kelly (1970) Kelo v City of New London (2005)

Nov. 3	The Constitution and PA: Substantive Rights	CC, text of 5, 7; cases 5.2, 6.3, 7.1, 7.2, 8.2; optional: Roberts Garcetti v Ceballos (2006) McCreary v ACLU (2005) Morse v Frederick (2007) San Diego v Roe (2004) Thomas v Chicago Park District (2002) Van Orden v Perry (2005) Zelman v. Simmons-Harris (2002) proposal for policy paper due

Nov. 10	Constitution and PA: 4th Amendment and Privacy	AL: Review relevant sections of 2. CC cases 4.1, 4.2, 6.4 Atwater v. City of Lago Vista (2001) Hiibel v. Sixth Judicial Distrcit of Nevada (2004) 2nd short paper due

Nov. 17	Privatization and Outsourcing	CC:3 (including all cases) and case 9.1 Piotrowski and Rosenbloom Koenig Brentwood Academy v. Tenn. Secondary School Assoc. (2001) Correctional Services Corp. v. Makesko (2001) Town of Castle Rock v Gonzales 2005)

Nov. 24	Thanksgiving Break	no class meeting

Dec. 1	Constitutional Structure: Federalism	Review relevant sections of AL ch 2 CC cases 1.4, 1.5, 1.6 O'Leary U.S. v Morrison (2000) Nevada v Hibbs (2003) Solid Waste Agency of No. Cook County v Army Corps of Engineers (2001) Gonzales v Raich (2005) Federal Maritime Commission v South Carolina State Ports Authority (2002) 3rd short paper due

Dec. 8	Constitutional Structure: Separation of Powers	AL: Review relevant sections of ch 2 Newbold & Rosenbloom CC: cases 1.1, 1.2., 1.3 Hamdi v. Rumsfeld (2004)

Dec. 15	The Courts and Public Policy Wine & Cheese	Presentation of student papers The courts and public policy paper due