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Preventing Contagion And Protecting Civil Liberties: Problems In Quarantine & Isolation Law In The United States & Suggestions For Reform, Roni Adil Elias
Preventing Contagion And Protecting Civil Liberties: Problems In Quarantine & Isolation Law In The United States & Suggestions For Reform, Roni Adil Elias
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Dealing with catastrophic outbreaks of communicable disease will likely be one of the greatest challenges facing state and federal governments in the United States in the twenty-first century. In the last fifteen years, policymakers have become increasingly sensitive to the prospect of bioterrorism acts involving contagious diseases and the threat of rapid international transmission of diseases ranging from influenza to Ebola. The danger to public health posed by disease outbreak—and the danger to social order that would follow a disease outbreak—make it clear that any risk of a rapidly spreading, communicable disease would have to be met with swift and …
The Legislative History Of The Administrative Procedure Act, Roni A. Elias
The Legislative History Of The Administrative Procedure Act, Roni A. Elias
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During the twentieth century, one of the most important developments in American government and politics was the expanding power of administrative agencies of all kinds. The enactment of the Administrative Procedure Act (“APA”) of 1946 was the crucial event in the course of this expansion. The APA was the culmination of long-term efforts to regulate the decision-making of administrative agencies, and it reflected a significant political compromise. This paper traces the outlines of that reflection. In Part I, it reviews the political background leading up to the proposal of the legislation in the 79th Congress that became the APA. In …