Giving the Platypus of Formal Rulemaking a Second Look, Again
Legal scholar reexamines the formal rulemaking process in response to criticism.
Assessing the Regulatory Accountability Act
Scholars debate the merits and drawbacks of the recently proposed Regulatory Accountability Act, which would dramatically reform the rulemaking process.
The Trump Administration’s Regulatory Reform Options
The new Administration and Congress can use several procedures to cut down on regulation.
Improving Regulatory Analysis at Independent Agencies
Independent agencies should adopt four key analytical standards.
Improving the Process of Making Rules at Independent Agencies
Following certain procedural steps will strengthen independent agencies’ rulemaking processes.
Inside Agency Class Actions
Most agencies enjoy authority to aggregate cases and would benefit from doing so, but very few actually do.
An Education in Regulatory Reform
Penn Law students met with experts in Washington to discuss proposals for reforming the regulatory process.
Cost-Benefit Analysis and Social Welfare Functions
Cost-benefit analysis has become a routinized part of policymaking. Probing what justifies this methodology helps us to see how it might be improved.
Should Administrative Agencies Adopt Class Action Procedures?
Responding to significant agency backlogs, a new report recommends class action-type procedures.
Big-City Rules, Without Any Rules
A reformer takes on a major city bureaucracy that has grown accustomed to informal lawmaking procedures.
Improving Benefit-Cost Analysis by Making It Simpler
Earlier and less burdensome regulatory impact analyses would lead to more transparent, better regulatory decisions.
Finality and the Virtues of Jurisdictional Declarations
The Supreme Court sheds light on the finality of Army Corps of Engineers’ jurisdictional determinations.