Administrative Law Essay Competition Winners
Two essays by student winners of a Penn Law essay competition describe important regulatory developments.
Guidance Documents and the Regulation of Genetically Modified Foods
Scholars argue that federal agencies should not use guidance documents to regulate controversial issues.
Regulatory Solutions for Personalized Pricing
Scholars consider methods for regulating individualized prices based on personal data.
Regulating Genetic Self-Experimentation as Biomedical Research
Better oversight is needed of the “biohacking” that individuals perform on themselves.
Labor Department Sides with the Gig Economy
Opinion letter finds a gig economy company’s workers are independent contractors.
Judicial Deference to Agencies’ Decisions in Brazil and the United States
American doctrines of judicial review may provide useful models for Brazilian courts.
Cost-Benefit Analysis According to the Trump Administration
Scholar argues that the Trump Administration has discredited cost-benefit analysis.
Justice Stevens’s Legacy to the Administrative State
The late justice’s opinion in Chevron v. NRDC has greatly shaped judicial reasoning about administrative law.
What Does Risk-Based Regulation Mean?
Risk-based regulation requires regulators to choose which decision-making principles to apply.
Should the United States Create a Human Right to Health Care?
Canada’s experience with treating health care as a right provides lessons for universal health care in America.
The Search for Sound Vocational Evidence in Disability Adjudication
Expert calls for an overhaul of the existing evidentiary framework for Social Security disability cases.