Title: Administrative Agency - History Of Administrative Agency, Federal Administrative Agencies, State And Local Administrative Agencies, Further Readings - President, Executive, Created, and Powers   - JRank Articles
Headings: Administrative Agency
Administrative Agency
History Of Administrative Agency, Federal Administrative Agencies, State And Local Administrative Agencies, Further Readings
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Content: The National Recovery Administration was created in the 1930s to ensure fair market competition. It was one of numerous agencies created by Congress during the Great Depression in an effort to regulate the production and marketing of goods. AP/WIDE WORLD PHOTOS
Administrative agencies are made up of experts in the field in which the agency operates. For example, the Maritime Administration employs experts in the areas of sea commerce and navigation to set its rules on merchant marine activities. Many agencies have the power to assess fines or otherwise deprive persons of liberty in hearings conducted by their own judicial bodies, or administrative boards. Given the specialized knowledge within administrative agencies, ADMINISTRATIVE LAW judges (ALJs), who hear agency claims and disputes, are loath to overturn the legal conclusions reached by administrative boards. Determinations and sanctions made by ALJs are subject to review by state or federal courts, but a party must exhaust all appeals within the agency before suing in civil court. An agency's actions must be in accordance with its enabling statute, and courts will examine the agency records to determine whether the agency exceeded its lawmaking or judicial powers. Rigorous judicial oversight of agencies would defeat a cherished feature of administrative agency by eliminating agency flexibility in resolving conflicts. To avoid this outcome, most enabling statutes are worded vaguely, in such a way as to allow the agencies broad discretion in determining their rules and procedures.