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Adjudicatory proceedings
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Administrative adjudication refers to federal and state administrative agencies’ use of judicial powers granted to them by the legislative branch. Administrative adjudication includes a wide variety of agency activities, except for rulemaking, ranging from routine processing of tax returns to final determination of national regulatory policies. During adjudications, administrative agencies examine the facts and circumstances of individuals’ or corporations’ situations and then apply their policies to them (Funk and Seamon 2006). Adjudication is the application of the agency’s policies to a past act to resolve disputes regarding rights and duties (West’s Encyclopedia of American Law 1998). Many administrative adjudications resemble adversarial civil court trials, but other adjudications simply consist of routine administrative actions. The initial determination and reconsideration of eligibility for government benefits is an adjudication...
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Harris, G. (2018). Administrative Adjudications. In: Farazmand, A. (eds) Global Encyclopedia of Public Administration, Public Policy, and Governance. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-20928-9_953
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