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.
A Resource List on Regulatory Capture and Reform
Learn about the history of regulatory capture, its effect on public policy, and remedies for addressing corruption.
When the Rule-Makers Are Captured
According to experts on a recent panel, identifying, measuring, and tackling capture should be a top priority for government.
Preventing Regulatory Capture
When a regulation’s benefits exceed its costs, simplicity and interdisciplinary processes are essential to reducing capture.
Committee Recommends Cautious Use of Issue Exhaustion Doctrine in Rulemaking Cases
ACUS committee warns against requirement to raise issues in rulemaking before seeking judicial review.
Bringing Administrative Hearings to the People
Administrative Conference report recommends best practices for video conferencing by federal agencies.











