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Note, Reasonable Relation Reassessed: The Examination Of Private Documents By Federal Regulatory Agencies, Steve R. Johnson

Scholarly Publications

In the attempt to bring complex patterns of social and economic interaction under effective public control, Congress has relied increasingly on federal regulatory agencies. These agencies can fulfill their statutory missions only if they possess adequate information to determine both when exercise of their substantive powers would be appropriate and what form that exercise should assume. Without knowledge of the actual conditions prevalent in the areas committed to their supervision, agencies can act only capriciously.

Of necessity, much of the data needed by regulatory agencies must be obtained from the regulated individuals or companies themselves. Although such information often is …

The Future Of Capital Punishment In Florida: Analysis And Recommendations, Charles W. Ehrhardt, Phillip A. Hubbart, Harold Levinson, William Mckinley Smiley, Thomas A. Wills

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The Supreme Court's decision abolishing the death penalty, at least as it existed in most jurisdictions, hardly represents the final resolution of the controversy over capital punishment. Given substantial public sentiment which apparently favors capital punishment in some form-voiced, for example, in the results of the recent referendum in California-various legislative bodies will face the question of whether capital punishment can and should be legislatively reinstated. In December 1972 the State of Florida became the first jurisdiction to pass judgment on this question. The legislature enacted a bill allowing imposition of the death penalty in certain circumstances. The two articles …