This course examines U.S. public administration within the U.S. Constitution and U.S. legal system
as the foundation for all laws in the public, nonprofit and private sectors in a constitutional, regulatory
and administrative legal framework. It uses the federal government as the context for analyzing
administrative agencies and the public sector administrator's legal responsibility and accountability of
public goods while applying legal principles, concepts and processes needed to address legal subjects most
relevant to public administration. Accordingly, the course explores how the legal system addresses critical
issues faced by public officials and how the law is designed to work. The course also explores the
relationship between public administration and law, and specifically how the law is upheld in the
decision-making process.