This course provides students a comprehensive introduction to public law in the United States, focusing on the constitutional structure of government, the legislative law-making process, techniques of statutory interpretation, the nature and authority of public administrative agencies, the methods agencies use to establish regulations and other legal rules, and the process for judicial review of agency action. In addition, the course will examine the federal structure of government in the United States, including the legal relationship between the federal government and the states, and the nature of state and local government law-making authorities.