Frozen in Time: The Ossification of Environmental Statutory Change and the Theatre of the Administrative Absurd

Authors

Victor B. Flatt

Abstract

Environmental Law is Becoming More Complex because the executive branch continues to stretch existing environmental laws to accommodate new policies. Without Congressional intervention to craft tailored laws, we run the risk of our environmental administration becoming so complex that it makes policy difficult and delegitimizes government environmental action.

Keywords

environmental law, administrative law, Clean Air Act, legislative process, environmental complexity, rulemaking, standard of review, reviewing courts, court competency

Publication Date

2013

Document Type

Article

Publication Information

24 Fordham Environmental Law Review 125 (2013)

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