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Article: A comparison of the APA and circuit court procedures.(Florida Administrative Procedure Act)
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- Florida Bar Journal
- Article date:
- January 1, 2001
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The increased demand for government services and regulation has resulted in a corresponding increase in the number, size, and importance of administrative agencies. One commentator characterized this growth in administrative agencies as "[t]he outstanding development in the law in the present century."(1) Justice Jackson in a dissenting opinion concurred in that assessment: "The rise of administrative bodies probably has been the most significant legal trend of the last century and perhaps more values today are affected by their decisions than by those of all the courts, review of administrative decisions apart."(2)
As administrative agencies began to impact all ...