In a seminal piece Jennifer Nou has focused on the internal organization of agencies which is undertheorized by scholars who tend to pay more attention to administrative law imposed upon agencies. Nou hypothesized that agency…
Research note by Laura Jones. Original source: Mercatus Center In April of 2015, Canada passed a federal law requiring that one regulation be removed for every new regulation introduced. This change has deep roots in…
Research note by Patrick A. McLaughlin Economic theory alone often fails to solve controversies over optimal government regulation. Empirical projects are therefore necessary to advance our scientific understanding of regulatory policies’ causes and effects. To this…
Research note by Adrian Vermeule on the article Administrative War, by Mariano-Florentino Cuellar. Original source: Jotwell blog Some readers value an article for logical rigor, some for sound judgment, some for immediate utility, some for…
by Jim Tozzi. Original source: JREG Notice and Comment Every year the federal government decides three major economic matters 1) the amount of money that the government will spend 2) the amount of money it…
Research note by Mila Sohoni on the article Over-Accountability, by Jacob E. Gersen & Matthew C. Stephenson. Original source: Jotwell blog Many an administrative law article ends with a simple and appealing recommendation: “just add accountability!” Accountability,…
by William G. Resh As President Barack Obama ends the final Congress of his presidency facing majority opposition in both chambers of the legislature and ostensibly an opposing ideological majority in the Supreme Court, the…
In nearly every area of regulatory law, U.S. agencies today base their regulations in part on international considerations, such as the benefits of harmonizing U.S. and foreign standards or the foreign policy advantages of a…
by Connor Raso. Original source: JREG Notice and Comment blog The ABA’s Section of Administrative Law and Regulatory Practice recently approved a report and resolution on improving the APA’s rulemaking provisions. The Section believes that while…
While Italy struggles to introduce “right to know” data act along the lines of similar laws in Anglo-Saxon countries, a bill aimed at speeding and broadening the disclosure of information under the Freedom of Information…