PPA 404 Administrative law quiz 1, week 1, correct answers included

Common law is the system by which judges use precedent rather than statutes to decide conflicts.

Administrative agencies have a small and narrow scope.

Individuals need little protection from government and administrative action because public servants and elected officials work only in the public and social interest, not for reasons of self-preservation.

Regulatory government allows for little discretion and thus no human error, so there is little need to correct for shortcomings.

Administrative decisions are always procedurally fair.

In our democratic system we expect that government justify its uses of power in terms of legal rules and procedures.

The need for agencies to follow court-like hearings for decision making processes is determined in the legislation creating the agency.

A statute is a law determined in an administrative agency.

Government regulation has in many ways transitioned from a focus on economic regulation to social regulation.

The Administrative Procedure Act (APA) effectively judicialized all administrative action without exception.