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Yale Law School Professor Douglas Kysar, Benjamin Ewing, NYU School of Law Professor Richard Epstein, and Berkeley Law Professor Daniel Farber debate the role of courts in responding to global warming.
Professor Epstein explains why he thinks the massive discretion routinely confided in administrative agencies is in fact inconsistent with the rule of law on a wide range of matters dealing with economic liberties, tort liability, private property, and the institutional autonomy of voluntary associations. June 13, 2008, University of Chicago Law School.
"A comprehensive guide to the essentials that public managers need to know about administrative law--why we have administrative law, the constitutional constraints on public administration, and administrative law's frameworks for rulemaking, adjudication, enforcement, transparency, and judicial and legislative review." (2014)
"Author Kenneth F. Warren explains the role of administrative law in shaping, guiding, and restricting the actions of administrative agencies. Providing comprehensive coverage, he examines the field not only from state and federal angles, but also from the varying perspectives of legislators, administrators, and the public." (2010)
"Watry examines why Court deference to administrative agency interpretation of statutes appears to have declined in the aftermath of Chevron v. Natural Resources Defense Council (1984), when most legal scholars predicted that deference would increase. She argues that the model has a strong predictive capability in determining whether a justice's approach to statutory interpretation impacts how they treat cases involving contested administrative agency interpretations of statutes." (2002)
"What impact do federal courts have on the administrative agencies of the federal government? How do agencies react to the decisions of federal courts? This book answers these questions by examining the responses of federal agencies to the U.S. Courts of Appeals, revealing what happens inside agencies after courts rule against them." (2009)
"Presenting case studies from various parts of the world -- the United States, Canada, Australia, Israel, and the United Kingdom -- this landmark text offers an interdisciplinary empirical perspective on judicial review's impact on bureaucracies. Individual chapters consider fundamental conceptual and methodological issues." (2004)
"This book is a close study of lawyers who practice occupational safety and health law in the United States, using detailed interview and survey data to explore the roles that lawyers have as representatives of companies, unions, and OSHA (the Occupational Safety and Health Administration)." (2005)
"Nancy E. Marion shows what policies Congress have proposed and passed to protect the environment over time. Each chapter focuses on the members of Congress's response to a different environmental concern, such as ocean dumping, pesticides, and solid waste." (2011)
"The efficacy of various political institutions is the subject of intense debate between proponents of broad legislative standards enforced through litigation and those who prefer regulation by administrative agencies. This book explores the trade-offs between litigation and regulation, the circumstances in which one approach may outperform the other, and the principles that affect the choice between addressing particular economic activities with one system or the other." (2011)
"Since the 1970s, the Endangered Species Act (ESA), by virtue of its regulatory impact, has been a frequent subject of policy analysis. In this comprehensive history and critique of the ESA, Brian Czech and Paul R. Krausman incorporate the new model of policy design theory to frame a larger discussion about conservation biology and American democracy." (2001)
"Edward DeSeve explains the core competencies that distinguish successful presidential appointees, drawing on ideas developed by scholars of public and business management, as well as years of government service. DeSeve presents a guide to the key terms, laws, and regulations that new appointees will have to deal with once in office." (2008)