“The Federal Administrative Agencies: The Need for Better Definition of Standards”

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law review article legal scholarship

“The Federal Administrative Agencies: The Need for Better Definition of Standards” is a seminal legal article by Judge Henry J. Friendly that critiques the vague standards governing federal administrative agencies and argues for clearer, more precise guidelines to structure their decision-making.

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instanceOf	law review article ⓘ legal scholarship ⓘ
addresses	need to balance expertise of agencies with democratic accountability ⓘ problems created by open-ended statutory language ⓘ tension between flexibility and control in agency governance ⓘ
arguesFor	better definition of standards governing agency action ⓘ clearer guidelines to structure agency decision-making ⓘ enhanced predictability in administrative decisions ⓘ improved accountability of administrative agencies ⓘ more precise statutory standards ⓘ
author	Henry J. Friendly NERFINISHED ⓘ Judge Henry J. Friendly NERFINISHED ⓘ
contributesTo	analysis of standards guiding agency discretion ⓘ discussion of how Congress should draft regulatory statutes ⓘ theoretical foundations of U.S. administrative law ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
critiques	insufficient legislative direction to administrative agencies ⓘ overly broad delegations of power to agencies ⓘ vague statutory mandates to agencies ⓘ
describedAs	important work in U.S. administrative law scholarship ⓘ seminal legal article on administrative law ⓘ
discusses	limits of judicially created standards without legislative guidance ⓘ standards for agency rulemaking and adjudication ⓘ
field	administrative law theory ⓘ public law ⓘ
focusesOn	constraints on administrative discretion ⓘ need for clearer legislative guidance to agencies ⓘ relationship between Congress and administrative agencies ⓘ role of courts in reviewing agency standards ⓘ vagueness of statutory standards ⓘ
genre	academic article ⓘ
hasInfluenceOn	debates about administrative discretion ⓘ judicial approaches to reviewing agency standards ⓘ scholarship on nondelegation doctrine ⓘ
intendedAudience	judges ⓘ legal scholars ⓘ legislators concerned with administrative law ⓘ practitioners in administrative and regulatory law ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
mainSubject	administrative law ⓘ federal administrative agencies ⓘ judicial review of agency action ⓘ standards of administrative decision-making ⓘ
proposes	clearer criteria for judicial review of agency decisions ⓘ more structured standards for agency policymaking ⓘ
workOf	Henry J. Friendly as a federal judge and scholar ⓘ

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