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A Loss Of Control: Privilege Cases Diminish Presidential Power, Neal Devins Oct 1998

A Loss Of Control: Privilege Cases Diminish Presidential Power, Neal Devins

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Differentiating Regulation Of Public And Private Institutions: A Preliminary Inquiry, Jonathan G.S. Koppell Jan 1998

Differentiating Regulation Of Public And Private Institutions: A Preliminary Inquiry, Jonathan G.S. Koppell

Publications from President Jonathan G.S. Koppell

Twenty years ago, James Q. Wilson and Patricia Rachal argued that government cannot regulate itself. In an era of revived federalism, increased reliance on contractors, and proliferation of quasi-public organizations, the importance of government self-regulation is greater than ever. This paper tests an underlying assumption of Wilson and Rachal's claim: that regulation of public and private organizations can be differentiated. Employing a meta-research design, this pilot study uses existing regulatory case studies to create "regulatory relationship profiles" for public and private organizations. These profiles include information on the structure of the regulator, the intent of the regulation, the enforcement tools …


Interpreting The Basic Law With Chinese Characteristics, James C. Hsiung Jan 1998

Interpreting The Basic Law With Chinese Characteristics, James C. Hsiung

Centre for Public Policy Studies : CPPS Working Paper Series

Written for the 29 November 1997 session of the Basic Law Series, sponsored by the University of Hong Kong Centre of Comparative and Public Law, in conjunction with the Hong Kong Bar Association. I am grateful for comments on an earlier draft graciously extended by Mr. Stephen Kai-yi Wong, Acting Solicitor General, HKSAR. Any remaining imperfections remain my sole responsibility.


The Contradictions Of Mainstream Constitutional Theory, Kimberlé W. Crenshaw, Gary Peller Jan 1998

The Contradictions Of Mainstream Constitutional Theory, Kimberlé W. Crenshaw, Gary Peller

Faculty Scholarship

For the last four decades, some form of "process" theory has dominated conventional constitutional theory, on the bench and in the academy. The organizing, usually implicit, background assumption is that the exercise of governmental power – whether by legislatures or courts – is to be tested for normative legitimacy against a set of procedures. Writing as critics of the basic framework of process theory, Professors Kimberli Crenshaw and Gary Peller discuss the contributions and constraints of a proceduralist constitutional law discourse. In light of direct democracy initiatives claiming the power of legislation, and a substantively conservative judiciary defining the "law," …