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Administrative Law Essay Competition Winners

Administrative Law Essay Competition Winners

Two essays by student winners of a Penn Law essay competition describe important regulatory developments.

Guidance Documents and the Regulation of Genetically Modified Foods

Guidance Documents and the Regulation of Genetically Modified Foods

Scholars argue that federal agencies should not use guidance documents to regulate controversial issues.

Regulatory Solutions for Personalized Pricing

Regulatory Solutions for Personalized Pricing

Scholars consider methods for regulating individualized prices based on personal data.

Can Hip Hop Save Rulemaking?

Can Hip Hop Save Rulemaking?

An arts-based framework could re-democratize the rulemaking process.

A Pilot for Air Travel Savings

A Pilot for Air Travel Savings

Scholar urges Congress to redefine common carriage to promote flight-sharing platforms in the United States.

Regulating Cryptocurrency

Regulating Cryptocurrency

Scholar argues regulation is needed to address unbridled intermediary activity in cryptocurrency.

Regulating Genetic Self-Experimentation as Biomedical Research

Regulating Genetic Self-Experimentation as Biomedical Research

Better oversight is needed of the “biohacking” that individuals perform on themselves.

EPA Will Say Anything to Avoid Addressing Climate Change

EPA Will Say Anything to Avoid Addressing Climate Change

New carbon rule is entirely at odds with Trump Administration’s earlier rhetoric on the Clean Power Plan.

Labor Department Sides with the Gig Economy

Labor Department Sides with the Gig Economy

Opinion letter finds a gig economy company’s workers are independent contractors.

Judicial Deference to Agencies’ Decisions in Brazil and the United States

Judicial Deference to Agencies’ Decisions in Brazil and the United States

American doctrines of judicial review may provide useful models for Brazilian courts.

Cost-Benefit Analysis According to the Trump Administration

Cost-Benefit Analysis According to the Trump Administration

Scholar argues that the Trump Administration has discredited cost-benefit analysis.

The Coming Decline of Anti-Regulatory Conservatism

The Coming Decline of Anti-Regulatory Conservatism

The anti-regulatory effort constructed in the 1970s has influenced American society, but its own success may lead to its demise.