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Circuit Courts With Plenary Jurisdiction And Administrative Agencies With Exclusive Jurisdiction: Can They Peacefully Coexist In Missouri, Paul M. Spinden
Circuit Courts With Plenary Jurisdiction And Administrative Agencies With Exclusive Jurisdiction: Can They Peacefully Coexist In Missouri, Paul M. Spinden
Missouri Law Review
Part II examines this provision, including its impetus. Part III considers J.C.W.’s exposition of jurisdiction and focuses on its contention that the Missouri Constitution necessarily excludes statutory restrictions on the judiciary’s exercise of subject matter jurisdiction. Part IV closely examines McCracken’s application of J.C.W.’s analysis to the issue of exclusive administrative remedies and agency jurisdiction. Finally, Part V suggests alternative analyses that maintain exclusive remedies for workers’ compensation and other administrative agencies while preserving the circuit courts’ plenary subject matter jurisdiction.
Science, Politics, And Administrative Legitimacy , Louis J. Virelli Iii
Science, Politics, And Administrative Legitimacy , Louis J. Virelli Iii
Missouri Law Review
Administrative agencies in the United States and other constitutional democracies around the world are continually faced with difficult questions about the legitimacy of their decisions.1 Each of these legitimacy questions in turn raises important second-order questions about how agencies should view their role within a constitutional democracy: How closely should agency decisions reflect popular political will? When and to what degree are deviations from popular opinion justified, and what measures should be taken to reduce the gap between regulators and the governed? What other sources of information are critical to agency decision making, and how should those inputs be treated …
Legislative Veto Of Administrative Rules In Missouri: A Constitutional Virus, Kenneth D. Dean
Legislative Veto Of Administrative Rules In Missouri: A Constitutional Virus, Kenneth D. Dean
Missouri Law Review
The last sixty years have witnessed an enormous growth at the federal and state levels in both the number and size of administrative bureaucracies.' Agencies have been created to implement and administer legislation passed by the Congress or state legislatures. The grant of rulemaking authority has been given to executive agencies because legislatures have often found themselves unable, or unwilling, to fine-tune laws addressing today's increasingly complex society. The fine-tuning has been left to administrative agencies, particularly where scientific, economic, or other expertise is needed to determine how the law should be implemented. The purpose of this Article is to …