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When Should Policymakers Consider Voluntary Regulation?

When Should Policymakers Consider Voluntary Regulation?

Scholar urges policymakers to adopt voluntary programs when mandatory regulation falls short.

When Algorithms Decide Who Gets Health Care

When Algorithms Decide Who Gets Health Care

Scholar argues that algorithms determining health care coverage should be more regulated.

When Law Speaks Loudest

When Law Speaks Loudest

Circumventing notice and comment during rulemaking can weaken the evidentiary basis for regulation.

Building Institutions’ Capacity to Support Children

Building Institutions’ Capacity to Support Children

A new framework would help to protect children’s interests in the policymaking process.

Artificial Intelligence and Legal Alignment

Artificial Intelligence and Legal Alignment

Jack Boeglin discusses how legal principles can teach artificial intelligence how to behave better.

Restricting Gender-Affirming Care for Transgender Youth

Restricting Gender-Affirming Care for Transgender Youth

Scholars discuss the legal implications of gender-affirming care restrictions for transgender minors.

The Future of Interplanetary Risk Regulation

The Future of Interplanetary Risk Regulation

Scholars argue that increased interplanetary space exploration requires a novel approach to regulation.

Sharing the Private Market Pie

Sharing the Private Market Pie

Scholar warns that opening private markets to ordinary individuals could leave these less sophisticated investors with all the risk and less reward.

Judicial Deference and FDA

Judicial Deference and FDA

Scholar argues that limited judicial deference to agencies may matter less for FDA than health experts fear.

Misusing the Congressional Review Act as a Tool for Land Management Policy

Misusing the Congressional Review Act as a Tool for Land Management Policy

Lawmakers are weaponizing a procedural tool to undo years of careful public lands planning.

Protections for Prisoners

Protections for Prisoners

Scholars discuss the policies that govern prisons’ treatment of prisoners.

The Future of Marine Renewable Energy

The Future of Marine Renewable Energy

Scholars discuss pathways to scalable ocean-based energy sources.