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 Reliance on core legal and historical documents founding the United States, as well as existing literature analyzing them, is essential to this determination.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
Subjects
Administrative agencies--History; Constitutional law--Research; Administrative law--Legal research; Administrative agencies--Evaluation; Constitutional history--Historiography
STARS Citation
Diego, Anthony J., "A Constitutional View Of Administrative Agencies" (2025). Honors Undergraduate Theses. 422.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/hut2024/422
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