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After the Rights Revolution Reconceiving the Regulatory State

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ISBN-10: 0674009096

ISBN-13: 9780674009097

Edition: 1990

Authors: Cass R. Sunstein

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In the twentieth century, American society has experienced a "rights revolution": a commitment by the national government to promote a healthful environment, safe products, freedom from discrimination, and other rights unknown to the founding generation. This development has profoundly affected constitutional democracy by skewing the original understanding of checks and balances, federalism, and individual rights. Cass Sunstein tells us how it is possible to interpret and reform this regulatory state regime in a way that will enhance freedom and welfare while remaining faithful to constitutional commitments. Sunstein vigorously defends government regulation against Reaganite/Thatcherite…    
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Book details

List price: $33.50
Copyright year: 1990
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Publication date: 10/15/1993
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 296
Size: 6.25" wide x 9.50" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.946
Language: English

Introduction
Regulation and Interpretation
The Anachronistic Legal Culture
Why Regulation?
A Historical Overview Public and Private Ordering
The Functions of Regulatory
Statutes Market
Failures Public-Interested
Redistribution
Collective
Desires and Aspirations
Diverse Experiences and Preference
Formation
Social
Subordination
Endogenous
Preferences
Irreversibility
Future
Generations
Animals, and Nature
Interest-Group
Transfers and ""Rent-Seeking""
The Problem of Categorization
How Regulation F