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Full-Text Articles in Legal History
Administrative Dissents, Sharon B. Jacobs
Administrative Dissents, Sharon B. Jacobs
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Commissioners, like judges, dissent. They do so at length, with vigor, and with persistence. Yet while separate judicial decisions are the subject of a rich literature, their administrative counterparts have long languished in obscurity. A closer look is warranted, however, because studying administrative dissent can enhance our understanding of internal agency operations as well as the relationships between agencies and other actors. This Article presents the results of an original review of separate statements at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission dating back four decades. It uses these findings to move beyond two common generalizations about …
The Forgotten Core Of The Telecommunications Act Of 1996, Philip J. Weiser
The Forgotten Core Of The Telecommunications Act Of 1996, Philip J. Weiser
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Language Rights As A Legacy Of The Civil Rights Act Of 1964, Ming Hsu Chen
Language Rights As A Legacy Of The Civil Rights Act Of 1964, Ming Hsu Chen
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The fiftieth anniversary of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 offers an important opportunity to reflect on an earlier moment when civil rights evolved to accommodate new waves of immigration. This essay seeks to explain how civil rights laws evolved to include rights for immigrants and non-English speakers. More specifically, it seeks to explain how policy entrepreneurs in agencies read an affirmative right to language access.
Governing By Guidance: Civil Rights Agencies And The Emergence Of Language Rights, Ming Hsu Chen
Governing By Guidance: Civil Rights Agencies And The Emergence Of Language Rights, Ming Hsu Chen
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On the fiftieth anniversary of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, this Article asks how federal civil rights laws evolved to incorporate the needs of non-English speakers following landmark immigration reform (the 1965 Hart-Cellar Act) that led to unprecedented migration from Asia and Latin America. Based on a comparative study of the emergence of language rights in schools and workplaces from 1965 to 1980, the Article demonstrates that regulatory agencies used nonbinding guidances to interpret the undefined statutory term "national origin discrimination" during their implementation of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Their efforts facilitated the creation of language rights, …
Chevron, Cooperative Federalism, And Telecommunications Reform, Philip J. Weiser
Chevron, Cooperative Federalism, And Telecommunications Reform, Philip J. Weiser
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No abstract provided.
Specialized Courts In Administrative Law, Harold H. Bruff
Specialized Courts In Administrative Law, Harold H. Bruff
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On The Constitutional Status Of The Administrative Agencies, Harold H. Bruff
On The Constitutional Status Of The Administrative Agencies, Harold H. Bruff
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Book Review, Charles F. Wilkinson
Presidential Exemption From Mandatory Retirement Of Members Of The Independent Regulatory Commissions, Harold H. Bruff
Presidential Exemption From Mandatory Retirement Of Members Of The Independent Regulatory Commissions, Harold H. Bruff
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