Power without responsibility how Congress abuses the people through delegation /
David Schoenbrod.
- New Haven, Conn. : Yale University Press, (c)1993.
- 1 online resource (xii, 260 pages)
Includes bibliographies and index.
""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Part I: Introduction""; ""1. The Nub of the Argument""; ""Part II: Evolving Ideas of Delegation""; ""2. The Vain Search for Virtuous Lawmakers""; ""Part III: Delegation in Practice""; ""3. Broad Delegation: Regulating Navel Oranges""; ""4. Narrow Delegation: Regulating Air Pollution""; ""5. How Delegation Changes the Politics of Lawmaking""; ""Part IV: Is Delegation Good Policy?""; ""6. Delegation Weakens Democracy""; ""7. Delegation Endangers Liberty""; ""8. Delegation Makes Law Less Reasonable"" ""9. Congress Has Enough Time to Make the Laws""""Part V: The Courts Should Bar Delegation""; ""10. The Constitution Prohibits Delegation""; ""11. Why the Courts Should Stop Delegation (and Nobody Else Can)""; ""12. How the Courts Should Define Unconstitutional Delegation""; ""Part VI: Conclusion""; ""13. America Is No Exception""; ""Notes""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""V""; ""W""; ""Y""
Schoenbrod contends that many of government's failings can be traced to Congress' practice of setting popular but inconsistent statutory goals then blaming bureaucrats for the unavoidable shortfalls.
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United States. Congress --Powers and duties. United States. Congress.
Delegated legislation--United States. Administrative procedure--United States.