Judges, Bureaucrats, and the Question of Independence: A Study of the Social Security Adminstration Hearing Process

by M. Donna Price Cofer and Donna Price Cofer

Donna Price Cofer addresses the tensions between the administrative law judges (ALJ) of the Social Security Administration and their management and examines a common dilemma in the distribution of public social benefits: the desire to meet the needs of eligible claimants and the reality of a diminishing trust fund. She begins with a definition of disability and an outline of the stages of how a claimant is processed. The hearing process is investigated...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0313247072
• ISBN13: 9780313247071
• Release Date: July 1985
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 266 Pages
• Weight: 1.07 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.5" x 8.5"