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64 Tex. L. Rev. 469 (1985-1986)
Role of Constitutional and Political Theory in Administrative Law

handle is hein.journals/tlr64 and id is 489 raw text is: Texas Law Review Volume 64, Number 3, November 1985 The Role of Constitutional and Political Theory in Administrative Law Richard J. Pierce, Jr.* Table of Contents I. Introduction .............................................. 470 II. The Problem of Agency Discretion ........................ 472 A. Types of Substantive Standards ........................ 473 1. Meaningful Standards ............................. 473 2. Traditional Empty Standards ...................... 474 3. Lists of Unranked Decisional Goals ................ 475 4. Contradictory Standards ........................... 475 B. The Functional Effect of Meaningless Standards ....... 478 III. Potential Responses to the Problem of Meaningless Standards ................................................ 481 A. Legislative Veto ....................................... 481 B. Greater Control by the Judiciary ....................... 484 C. The Delegation Doctrine .............................. 489 1. Revival of the Doctrine ............................ 489 2. Why Meaningless Standards? ...................... 490 3. Flaws in the Explanations ......................... 491 4. Applying the One-Part Model ...................... 493 5. The Reenactment Response ........................ 497 6. Applying the Two-Part Model ...................... 499 IV. Finding the Path to Constitutional Separation of Powers- Comparative Analysis of Government Institutions .......... 504 A. Judicial Activism: An Inappropriate Solution ........... 504 * George W. Hutchison Professor of Law, Southern Methodist University. I would like to acknowledge the research assistance provided by Richard Sedory and Albert Kingan, class of 1986, University of Pittsburgh School of Law. 469

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