As federal administrative law study continues to evolve rapidly, the Fourth Edition of Core Concepts in Administrative Law provides students with a timely and focused resource. Students are using the new resource as their casebook this spring 2026 in Professor Seema Kakade’s administrative law course; a course that also qualifies for credit towards the environmental and health law certificates.
The book contains excepted cases to be used in a class that teaches the basics of federal administrative law. It is updated from prior Editions where Rena Steinzor was the sole author and includes Seema Kakade as a co-author. Rena Steinzor taught courses in administrative law and the regulatory system for many years at University of Maryland Carey Law before retiring.
The book is not meant to teach students everything about federal administrative law. Instead, the book (and accompanying course) should help students develop an intellectual matrix for understanding how administrative law problems are analyzed by all three branches of government: the legislature, the executive, and the courts. Federal administrative law is in an era of particularly rapid change. This Fourth Edition is current through 2025.
As an open education resource, Seema Kakade is particularly excited about the ability to offer students a relatively inexpensive casebook --- under $20!