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Administrative Law Judges and Regulatory Reform
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6090462 |
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| Authors | Ronald G Marquardt (University of Southern Mississippi), Edward M Wheat (University of Southern Mississippi) |
| Year | 1980 |
| Volume | 2 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 472-494 |
| Publication date | 1980-10-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Law & Policy (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0265-8240 • E-ISSN: 1467-9930 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1467-9930.1980.tb00226.x |
| OpenAlex | W1976554240 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 4 |
The 1132 administrative law judges now serving in twenty‐nine of the most important agencies of the national government are among the least understood and least studied authorities in the American political system, yet they are among the most powerful authorities in the modern policy process. ALJs have undergone a repid development from the creation of the office of “hearing examiner” in the Hepburn Act of 1906 to the rpesent djay, when they hear cases cfomparable in importance to those heard by federal district judges. ALHs are selected through a merit procedure almost wholly controlled by the agencies in which they are employed and are subject to constant cross‐pressures from their judicial role and their administrative masters. Perceived problems of biased selection procedures, conflicts of interest, and lack of public accountability have led critics in Congress and elsewhere to propose a variety of marginal reforms. The policy proposal that probably gets to the heart of the problem, however, is the creation of an Administrative Court of the United States
Accountability · Administrative law · Executive branch · Government (linguistics · Political science · Politics · Subject (documents · Variety (cybernetics · Judicial and Constitutional Studies · Law · Legal and Constitutional Studies · Legal Systems and Judicial Processes · Public Administration
| Highly cited | No |
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