Rulemaking : how government agencies write law and make policy /

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Author / Creator:Kerwin, C. M. (Cornelius M.)
Edition:4th ed.
Imprint:Washington, D.C. : CQ Press, c2011.
Description:xiii, 327 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Language:English
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8208132
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Other authors / contributors:Furlong, Scott R.
ISBN:9780872893375 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0872893375 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of Contents:
  • Tables and Figures
  • Preface
  • Chapter 1. The Substance of Rules and the Reasons for Rulemaking
  • The Definition of Rulemaking
  • The History of Rulemaking
  • Categories of Rules
  • The Reasons for Rulemaking: What it has to Offer
  • Chapter 2. The Process of Rulemaking
  • Process and Substance
  • The Core Elements of Rulemaking: Information, Participation, Accountability
  • Information: Increased Legal Requirements
  • Participation: Expanded Opportunities Mandated by Law
  • Mechanisms of Accountability
  • How the APA Model has Changed
  • Exceptions, Exemptions, and Evasions
  • The Stages of Rulemaking
  • Chapter 3. Issues and Contradictions
  • The Volume of Rulemaking
  • Quality in Rulemaking
  • Timeliness
  • Participation
  • Bureaucratic Discretion
  • The Effects of Rulemaking
  • Inseparable Issues
  • Chapter 4. The Management of Rulemaking
  • Presidential Management
  • Management on the Agency Level
  • Managing Individual Rules
  • Conclusion
  • Chapter 5. Participation in Rulemaking
  • The Purposes of Participation
  • The Origins and History of Participation
  • Actual Patterns of Participation
  • Does Participation Matter?
  • Chapter 6. Oversight of Rulemaking
  • Accountability and Congress
  • Accountability to the President
  • Accountability to the Courts
  • Chapter 7. Rulemaking: Theories and Reform Proposals
  • The Value of Theory
  • The Elements of Rulemaking Theory
  • The Reform of Rulemaking
  • Appendix: Titles and Chapters in the Code of Federal Regulations
  • Index