Chevron Doctrine - Its Rise and Fall, and the Future of the Administrative State

With Congress paralyzed, lawmaking falls to executive agencies and courts that interpret existing statutes. Due to the so-called Chevron doctrine, courts generally defer to agencies. Thomas Merrill examines the immense consequences of the doctrine and the intense backlash, offering a new way to conceptualize the authority of agencies and courts.

About the author

Thomas W. Merrill is the Charles Evans Hughes Professor at Columbia Law School. A former Deputy Solicitor General in the Department of Justice, he is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and has twice been honored by the American Bar Association for his work on administrative law.

Summary

With Congress paralyzed, lawmaking falls to executive agencies and courts that interpret existing statutes. Due to the so-called Chevron doctrine, courts generally defer to agencies. Thomas Merrill examines the immense consequences of the doctrine and the intense backlash, offering a new way to conceptualize the authority of agencies and courts.

Product details

• Authors: Thomas W. Merrill, Merrill Thomas W.
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.05.2022
• EAN: 9780674260450
• ISBN: 978-0-674-26045-0
• No. of pages: 368
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Business > General, dictionaries; USA, LAW / Legal History, LAW / Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice, LAW / Constitutional, POLITICAL SCIENCE / American Government / Judicial Branch, LAW / Judicial Power, Legal History, United States of America, USA, Judicial powers, Constitutional & administrative law, Constitutional and administrative law: general, Legal systems: judges and judicial powers