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=={{Anchor|Treatise}}Administrative Law Treatise ==
=={{Anchor|Treatise}}Administrative Law Treatise ==
Davis' 1958 ''Administrative Law Treatise'', itself an expansion of his 1951 ''Administrative Law'' work, was Davis' magnum opus.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Schiller|first=Reuel|date=2000-10-01|title=Enlarging the Administrative Polity: Administrative Law and the Changing Definition of Pluralism, 1945-1970|journal=Vanderbilt Law Review|language=en|volume=53|page=1409|ssrn=2483326}}</ref> Earl W. Kintner, chairman of the [[Federal Trade Commission]], heralded the work in a contemporary review as "...one of the truly monumental events of this generation of legal writing."<ref name=":3">{{Cite journal|last=Kintner|first=Earl|date=1959-01-01|title=A Government Lawyer Comments on the Davis Treatise|url=https://scholarship.law.umn.edu/mlr/1181|journal=Minnesota Law Review|volume=43|pages=620|via=}}</ref> Davis updated the ''Treatise'' with supplemental volumes throughout the 1960's and '70's to keep the work up-to-date.<ref name=":4">{{Cite journal|last=Leventhal|first=Harold|date=1976|title=Review of Administrative Law of the Seventies|journal=The University of Chicago Law Review|volume=44|issue=1|pages=260–269|doi=10.2307/1599267|jstor=1599267|issn=0041-9494}}</ref>
Davis' 1958 ''Administrative Law Treatise'', itself an expansion of his 1951 ''Administrative Law'' work, was his magnum opus.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Schiller|first=Reuel|date=2000-10-01|title=Enlarging the Administrative Polity: Administrative Law and the Changing Definition of Pluralism, 1945-1970|journal=Vanderbilt Law Review|language=en|volume=53|page=1409|ssrn=2483326}}</ref> Earl W. Kintner, chairman of the [[Federal Trade Commission]], heralded the work in a contemporary review as "...one of the truly monumental events of this generation of legal writing."<ref name=":3">{{Cite journal|last=Kintner|first=Earl|date=1959-01-01|title=A Government Lawyer Comments on the Davis Treatise|url=https://scholarship.law.umn.edu/mlr/1181|journal=Minnesota Law Review|volume=43|pages=620|via=}}</ref> Davis updated the ''Treatise'' with supplemental volumes throughout the 1960's and '70's to keep the work up-to-date.<ref name=":4">{{Cite journal|last=Leventhal|first=Harold|date=1976|title=Review of Administrative Law of the Seventies|journal=The University of Chicago Law Review|volume=44|issue=1|pages=260–269|doi=10.2307/1599267|jstor=1599267|issn=0041-9494}}</ref>


In 1978, Davis formed the K.C. Davis Publishing Company in San Diego<ref>{{Cite web|title=K.C. Davis Publishing Co.|url=https://opencorporates.com/companies/us_ca/C0849861)|last=|first=|date=|website=Open Corporates Database|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=}}</ref> to publish the 2nd edition of the ''Treatise''.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Publisher: K.C. Davis Pub. Co.|url=https://openlibrary.org/publishers/K.C._Davis_Pub._Co.|last=|first=|date=|website=OpenLibrary.org|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=}}</ref> In 1994, he took on [[Richard J. Pierce]] as a co-author for the 3rd edition. Following Davis' death, Pierce took over as the sole author of the ''Treatise'' which remains in publication to this day.<ref>{{Cite book|last1=Hickman|first1=Kristin E.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DBW9vAEACAAJ|title=Administrative Law Treatise|last2=Pierce (Jr.)|first2=Richard J.|date=2019|publisher=Wolters Kluwer|isbn=978-1-5438-0139-2|location=|pages=|language=en|author-link=Kristin Hickman|author-link2=Richard J. Pierce}}</ref>
In 1978, Davis formed the K.C. Davis Publishing Company in San Diego<ref>{{Cite web|title=K.C. Davis Publishing Co.|url=https://opencorporates.com/companies/us_ca/C0849861)|last=|first=|date=|website=Open Corporates Database|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=}}</ref> to publish the 2nd edition of the ''Treatise''.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Publisher: K.C. Davis Pub. Co.|url=https://openlibrary.org/publishers/K.C._Davis_Pub._Co.|last=|first=|date=|website=OpenLibrary.org|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=}}</ref> In 1994, he took on [[Richard J. Pierce]] as a co-author for the 3rd edition. Following Davis' death, Pierce took over as the sole author of the ''Treatise'' which remains in publication to this day.<ref>{{Cite book|last1=Hickman|first1=Kristin E.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DBW9vAEACAAJ|title=Administrative Law Treatise|last2=Pierce (Jr.)|first2=Richard J.|date=2019|publisher=Wolters Kluwer|isbn=978-1-5438-0139-2|location=|pages=|language=en|author-link=Kristin Hickman|author-link2=Richard J. Pierce}}</ref>

Revision as of 19:08, 28 May 2020

Professor
Kenneth Culp Davis
BornDecember 19, 1908
Leeton, MO
DiedAugust 30, 2003
San Diego
EducationHarvard Law School, 1934; Whitman College, 1931
Occupation(s)Professor, University of San Diego (1976-1994)
Known forpioneering Administrative Law
Notable workAdministrative Law Treatise, Discretionary Justice
SpouseInger Davis

Kenneth Culp Davis (1908–2003) was an American legal scholar remembered as "the father of administrative law."[1] He taught law starting in the 1940's and was a Professor of Law at the University of San Diego from 1976 until he retired in 1994.[2]

Biography

Davis was born on December 19, 1908 in Leeton, Missouri.[3] He received his B.A. from Whitman College in 1931[4] and his J.D. from Harvard Law School in 1934.

After law school, Davis practiced law in Cleveland for less than a year before joining the faculty of West Virginia University in 1935. He held a position at the Department of Justice from 1939–1940 before resuming teaching. His teaching career took him to the University of Texas (1940–1948), Harvard (1948–1950), the University of Minnesota (1950–1960) and the University of Chicago (1961–1976).[4] In 1976 he moved to the University of San Diego where he taught until his retirement in 1994.[2]

In 1946, Davis helped draft the Administrative Procedure Act.[2] His 1958 Administrative Law Treatise defined the field of American administrative law by "pulling together information scattered through works on constitutional, procedural and evidence law" and explaining their relevance to "thousands of lawyers who practice before governmental administrative agencies and the judges who review agency decisions"[2] in the context of modern government.[1][5]

He is also known for his 1969 monograph Discretionary Justice and its 1976 follow-up Police Discretion, in which he argued that more legal restrictions should be placed on administrators in their ability to develop policies.[1] Discretionary Justice has been described as a "short masterpiece".[6]

Administrative Law Treatise

Davis' 1958 Administrative Law Treatise, itself an expansion of his 1951 Administrative Law work, was his magnum opus.[7] Earl W. Kintner, chairman of the Federal Trade Commission, heralded the work in a contemporary review as "...one of the truly monumental events of this generation of legal writing."[8] Davis updated the Treatise with supplemental volumes throughout the 1960's and '70's to keep the work up-to-date.[9]

In 1978, Davis formed the K.C. Davis Publishing Company in San Diego[10] to publish the 2nd edition of the Treatise.[11] In 1994, he took on Richard J. Pierce as a co-author for the 3rd edition. Following Davis' death, Pierce took over as the sole author of the Treatise which remains in publication to this day.[12]

Legacy

Davis died of natural causes on August 30, 2003 in San Diego, California.[3] He is remembered as "one of the twentieth century's outstanding authorities on administrative law"[5], although his influence was recognized well before his death. Contemporary reviewers refer to his intellectual "stature"[8] and praise his "vivid opinions, his exuberant delight with effective innovation"[9] In 1987, the Los Angeles Times described him as "a lion of jurisprudence, a scholar whose seminal thinking about law and how it is created have made him well-known in the nation's law schools and courthouses."[13]

Following his death, Bill Funk, chairman of the ABA Admin Law section said "Davis’ shadow falls over virtually all that administrative lawyers do,[...] To say he was a giant in his field is like saying Mt. Everest is a big mountain."[2] In 2009, The Yale Biographical Dictionary of American Law referred to his Treatise as the "canonical reference" of Administrative Law.[14] Davis' work continues to be cited in scholarship and court cases.

Selected Works

Articles

  • Davis, Kenneth Culp (1941–1942). "Approach to Problems of Evidence in the Administrative Process, An". Harvard Law Review. 55: 364. doi:10.2307/1335092. JSTOR 1335092.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: date format (link)
  • —— (1955). "Judicial Notice". Columbia Law Review. 55 (7): 945–984. doi:10.2307/1119390. JSTOR 1119390.
  • —— (1956). "The Requirement of a Trial-Type Hearing". Harvard Law Review. 70 (2): 193–280. doi:10.2307/1337720. ISSN 0017-811X. JSTOR 1337720.
  • —— (1956–1957). "Administrative Officers' Tort Liability". Michigan Law Review. 55 (2): 201. doi:10.2307/1285410. JSTOR 1285410.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: date format (link)
  • —— (1967). "The Information Act: A Preliminary Analysis". The University of Chicago Law Review. 34 (4): 761–816. doi:10.2307/1598993. ISSN 0041-9494. JSTOR 1598993.
  • —— (1968). "Standing: Taxpayers and Others". The University of Chicago Law Review. 35 (4): 601–636. doi:10.2307/1598879. ISSN 0041-9494. JSTOR 1598879.
  • —— (1970). "The Liberalized Law of Standing". The University of Chicago Law Review. 37 (3): 450–473. doi:10.2307/1599038. ISSN 0041-9494. JSTOR 1599038.
  • —— (1970). "Sovereign Immunity Must Go". Administrative Law Review. 22 (3): 383–405. ISSN 0001-8368. JSTOR 40708703.
  • —— (1980). "Facts in Lawmaking". Columbia Law Review. 80 (5): 931–942. doi:10.2307/1122091. ISSN 0010-1958. JSTOR 1122091.

Books

References

  1. ^ a b c Williams, Jack (2003-09-19). "Kenneth Culp Davis, 94; pioneer in administrative law". San Diego Union-Tribune. Archived from the original on 2017-09-17. Retrieved 2017-09-17.
  2. ^ a b c d e Writer, From a Times Staff (2003-09-23). "Kenneth C. Davis, 94; Legal Scholar, Pioneer on Administrative Law". Los Angeles Times. ISSN 0458-3035. Retrieved 2017-09-17.
  3. ^ a b "Kenneth C. Davis". The University of Chicago Law School Record. 50: 24. 2004-03-01.
  4. ^ a b "Davis, Kenneth Culp 1908-2003". Encyclopedia.com.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  5. ^ a b Levin, Ronald M. (2004-08-25). "The Administrative Law Legacy of Kenneth Culp Davis". Rochester, NY. SSRN 560783. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  6. ^ Cowan, Geoffrey (1972-08-20). "The maker and enforcer of law as a law unto itself". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2017-09-17.
  7. ^ Schiller, Reuel (2000-10-01). "Enlarging the Administrative Polity: Administrative Law and the Changing Definition of Pluralism, 1945-1970". Vanderbilt Law Review. 53: 1409. SSRN 2483326.
  8. ^ a b Kintner, Earl (1959-01-01). "A Government Lawyer Comments on the Davis Treatise". Minnesota Law Review. 43: 620.
  9. ^ a b Leventhal, Harold (1976). "Review of Administrative Law of the Seventies". The University of Chicago Law Review. 44 (1): 260–269. doi:10.2307/1599267. ISSN 0041-9494. JSTOR 1599267.
  10. ^ "K.C. Davis Publishing Co". Open Corporates Database.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  11. ^ "Publisher: K.C. Davis Pub. Co". OpenLibrary.org.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  12. ^ Hickman, Kristin E.; Pierce (Jr.), Richard J. (2019). Administrative Law Treatise. Wolters Kluwer. ISBN 978-1-5438-0139-2.
  13. ^ Schachter, Jim (1987-05-01). "High Court Needs Research Arm, Scholar Says". Los Angeles Times. ISSN 0458-3035. Retrieved 2017-09-18.
  14. ^ The Yale biographical dictionary of American law. Newman, Roger K. New Haven: Yale University Press. 2009. p. 154. ISBN 978-0-300-11300-6. OCLC 236117315.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
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