Keywords

Constitution, Administrative, Agency

Abstract

This research focuses on a nuanced area of American law and history: the constitutionality of administrative agencies. Determining their constitutionality requires a sound and fundamental understanding of administrative agencies’ history and purpose, as well as applicable constitutional principles. Reliance on core legal and historical documents founding the United States, as well as existing literature analyzing them, is essential to this determination. Administrative agencies have existed within the United States government since the Founding, though not without scrutiny and exception to government operations. Recently, Supreme Court precedent dramatically changed agency operative functions, making it now an opportune time to analyze the topic for anticipated change. This thesis introduces a principled view into the topic, closely bound to the core principles in their purest form, finding the need and support for change to government operations affecting American lives every day.

Thesis Completion Year

2025

Thesis Completion Semester

Fall

Thesis Chair

Dr. James A. Beckman, J.D., LL.M.

College

College of Community Innovation and Education

Department

Legal Studies

Thesis Discipline

Legal Studies

Language

English

Access Status

Open Access

Length of Campus Access

None

Campus Location

UCF Online

Share

COinS
 

Rights Statement

In Copyright