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Administrative Law, Martin M. Wilson

Mercer Law Review

Administrative law continues to be a front-burner item in the practice of law because each day more and more activities, businesses, and persons fall under a state or local agency's regulatory sphere of influence. While the number of appellate cases reviewed in this Article has dropped slightly from recent years, reports from several agency heads in state and local governments would lead one to believe that agency workloads only continue to increase. Given the current economy and resulting shortfalls of tax revenues, it will be interesting to observe what effects static or reduced levels of enforcement and regulatory officials will …