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This course is intended to introduce the student to lawmaking through statutes and agency regulation in the modern regulatory state. The course will examine the reasons why we have developed into a regulatory state. It will consider the roles and relationships of Congress and administrative agencies within the three branches of government. It will look at how statutes are created and passed. The course is also designed to provide the student with an introduction to the theory and practice of statutory interpretation, including how to read and understand a statute. In addition, the course will introduce students to how agencies create and enforce regulation, including some of the requirements placed on agencies by the Administrative Procedures Act, and the judicial review of regulations.