Regulatory Reform and Innovation

Professor Camacho

Spring 2008

Wednesday, 2:00 - 3:40 PM
Room 115

Contact Information:
328 Law School
P.O. Box 780
Notre Dame, IN 46556

Office: (574) 631-2727
Fax: (574) 631-4197
E-mail: Camacho.13@nd.edu

Staff Assistant:
Gerri Lehmkuhl

 

        

Syllabus

Facilitation Dates

First Day Readings:

  1. Richard Stewart, Administrative Law in the 21st Century, 78 N.Y.U. L. Rev. 437, 437-55 (2003).

  2. Lester M. Salamon, The New Governance and the Tools of Public Action: An Introduction, in Tools Of Government read 1-6, skim 6-18, read 19-24 (2006).

  3. Optional: John Haley, Administrative Law, in Introduction to the Law in the United States (2002) 97-113 (a primer for those unfamiliar with administrative law).

First Day Discussion Questions:

  1. Why do we regulate?

  2. Why do agencies raise “democratic anxiety?”

  3. How do the various normative models of administrative regulation purport to address this legitimacy concern?

  4. What are the limitations of each model?

  5. How does Salamon’s “New Governance” or “tools” approach to regulation differ from how we traditionally analyze agencies?

  6. What criteria can be used for evaluating different regulatory tools? Materials available through the Library's electronic course reserve

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