1. Comer, John Preston
Legislative
Functions of National Administrative Authorities.
New York:
Columbia University Press, 1927
274 pp. Reprinted
2003
ISBN 1-58477-297-2
Cloth. $65.
* A comprehensive
examination of the history of administrative legislation, its
constitutional aspects and measures taken to insure its protection.
Reprinted from the series Studies in History, Economics and
Public Law edited by the Columbia University Department of Political
Science. 
2.
Dickinson, John
Administrative
Justice and the Supremacy of Law.
Cambridge:
Harvard University Press, 1927
xiii, 403 pp. Reprinted
2003
LCCN 2002025947.
ISBN 1-58477-273-5
Cloth. $150.
* Dickinson
[1894-1952] examines the relationship between administrative
tribunals and the courts, and problems that arise from the judicial
review of administrative determinations. Dickinson is especially
concerned with factors that determine the scope and purposes
of a review. His study is notable in part because it offers
a near-contemporary assessment of the Hepburn amendments to
the Interstate Commerce Act (1906) and other changes enacted
in the early 1900s. With a table of cases. Originally published
as Volume II, Harvard Studies in Administrative Law.
3.
Goodnow, Frank J.
The Principles
of the Administrative Law of the United States.
New York: G.P. Putnam’s
Sons, [1905]
xxvii, 480 pp. Reprint
available 2003
LCCN 2002042756.
ISBN 1-58477-348-0
Cloth $110.
* Reprint
of first edition. A member of the Columbia
faculty, Goodnow [1859-1939] was the first individual in the
United States to hold a professorship in administrative law.
His major work, this book analyzes the distinction between ‘politics’
and ‘administration.’ According to Goodnow, politics is concerned
with policy and other expressions of state will. Administration
is concerned with the faithful execution of enacted legislation.
He observes that administration has a tendency to overstep this
boundary and concedes that politics must therefore monitor administration
to keep it in line with the people’s will.
4.
Henderson, Gerard C.
The
Federal Trade Commission.
A
Study in Administrative Law and Procedure.
New Haven:
Yale University Press, 1924
xiii, 382
pp. Reprint available 2003
ISBN 1-58477-315-4
Cloth. $80.
* The Federal
Trade Commission was established in 1915 to enforce antitrust
and consumer protection legislation. Written during its first
decade of existence, this book offers a first-hand early history
and analysis of the commission. “This is a remarkably able book.
It gives a vivid and informing account of the Federal Trade
Commission’s performance in a new and important field of administrative
law.” George Rublee, Harvard Law Review 38:269-271 cited in
Marke, A Catalogue of the Law Collection at New York University
(1953) 343.
5.
Stephens, Harold M.
Administrative
Tribunals and the Rules of Evidence.
A
Study in Jurisprudence and Administrative Law.
Cambridge:
Harvard University Press, 1933
x, 128 pp.
Reprinted 2003
LCCN 2002044361.
ISBN 1-58477-339-1
Cloth. $65.
* In his
description of the range and scope of administrative tribunals,
Stephens offers a thorough study of the influence exerted upon
them by the methods of evidence gathering utilized by the Interstate
Commerce Commission, the Federal Trade Commission, the United
States Bureau of Immigration, State Public Service Commissions,
and the United States Bureau of Immigration. Based on statutes
in effect, rules adopted and cases decided prior to January
1, 1932. Originally published as Volume III in the Harvard Studies
in Administrative Law series.
