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Analyzing Government Regulation, Joseph P. Tomain, Sidney A. Shapiro
Analyzing Government Regulation, Joseph P. Tomain, Sidney A. Shapiro
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Pervasive government regulation, together with its general unpopularity, poses important questions for our polity: Can sense be made out of the seeming chaos of government programs? What are the costs and benefits of government regulation? Is the regulatory state effective in mitigating the economic and social problems that it addresses? Although administrative law scholars recognize these issues, most respond with process reforms, such as greater executive oversight or new methods of statutory interpretation, rather than by articulating substantive answers concerning what should be the substantive goals and norms of the regulatory state. Moreover, law school curricula usually ignore these systemic …