State administrative law is a difficult topic based on the three branches of government and the role each plays in administrative law. In Pennsylvania, the rise of administrative agencies beginning in the 1930s has resulted in multiple agencies, just as in all states. The development of administrative law has grown dramatically in the last fifty years. First, the passage of the Commonwealth Documents Act (1968) creating the Pennsylvania Bulletin and Pennsylvania Code made it mandatory for the publication of proposed and final regulations on a timely basis. Second, the creation of an intermediate appellate court to address administrative law cases in both original and appellate processes is unique in state court jurisdictions. The Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court, begun in 1970, now has a fifty-year history of case law. This book brings together a wide range of primary and secondary sources dealing with Pennsylvania administrative law. It contains a detailed review of administrative law in the state, using both statutory and administrative law sources; explains how to research current, proposed, and historical regulations; and provides a detailed description of the rule-making process in the state. The guide also contains a useful bibliography of secondary sources on the topic, including encyclopedias, treatises, CLE books, and periodical articles.--Publisher.

The Model Rules of Professional Conduct provides an up-to-date resource for information on legal ethics. Federal, state and local courts in all jurisdictions look to the Rules for guidance in solving lawyer malpractice cases, disciplinary actions, disqualification issues, sanctions questions and much more. In this volume, black-letter Rules of Professional Conduct are followed by numbered Comments that explain each Rule's purpose and provide suggestions for its practical application. The Rules will help you identify proper conduct in a variety of given situations, review those instances where discretionary action is possible, and define the nature of the relationship between you and your clients, colleagues and the courts.

Established in 1684, over a century before the Commonwealth, Pennsylvania’s Supreme Court is the oldest appellate court in North America. This balanced, comprehensive history of the Court examines over three centuries of legal proceedings and cases before the body, the controversies and conflicts with which it dealt, and the impact of its decisions and of the case law its justices created Introduced by constitutional scholar Ken Gormley, this volume describes the Supreme Court’s structure and powers and focuses at length on the Court’s work in deciding notable cases of constitutional law, civil rights, torts, criminal law, labor law, and administrative law. Through three sections, “The Structure and Powers of the Supreme Court,” “Decisional Law of the Supreme Court,” and “Reporting Supreme Court Decisions,” the contributors address the many ways in which the Court and its justices have shaped life and law in Pennsylvania and beyond. They consider how it has adjudicated new and complex issues arising from some of the most notable events and tragedies in American history, including the struggle for religious liberty in colonial Pennsylvania, the Revolutionary War, slavery, the Johnstown Flood, the Homestead Steel Strike and other labor conflicts, both World Wars, and, more recently, the dramatic rise of criminal procedural rights and the expansion of tort law. Featuring an afterword by Chief Justice Saylor and essays by leading jurists, deans, law and history professors, and practicing attorneys, this fair-minded assessment of the Court is destined to become a criterion volume for lawmakers, scholars, and anyone interested in legal history in the Keystone State and the United States.