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Chevron Is A Phoenix, Lisa Schultz Bressman, Kevin M. Stack
Chevron Is A Phoenix, Lisa Schultz Bressman, Kevin M. Stack
Vanderbilt Law Review
Judicial deference to agency interpretations of their own statutes is a foundational principle of the administrative state. It recognizes that Congress has the need and desire to delegate the details of regulatory policy to agencies rather than specify those details or default to judicial determinations. It also recognizes that interpretation under regulatory statutes is intertwined with implementation of those statutes. Prior to the famous decision in Chevron, the Supreme Court had long regarded judicial deference as a foundational principle of administrative law. It grew up with the administrative state alongside other foundational administrative law principles. In Chevron, the …
Judicial Deference To Administrative Interpretation Of Statutes From A Comparative Perspective, Vincent Martenet
Judicial Deference To Administrative Interpretation Of Statutes From A Comparative Perspective, Vincent Martenet
Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law
This Article examines, from a comparative perspective, how judicial deference to administrative interpretation of statutes takes place and whether it is constitutionally admissible. Since constitutions and statutes rarely deal expressly with this issue, courts may have to determine whether or not such deference is permitted, and, if so, whether generally or in certain cases only. The constitutional, legal, and judicial context prevailing in each country is particularly important in this regard. Nevertheless, it may provide courts with little, if any, guidance on the specific issue of deference to administrative statutory interpretation. In this respect, a nuanced approach along all or …