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Dean Shapiro: Reflections on the Chevron Decision

American trust in government has declined. It is tempting to argue that the growth in regulation has played a role in fueling this negative public perception of government. But digging underneath the data reveals that the relationship is far more complicated. Agency actions may be one of the few things about government that people do like.

Dean Shapiro: A hidden way politics shapes regulation

To address these questions, two forces should be brought to bear. The first is expertise, which is housed at the agencies of the executive branch. The second is political responsiveness, which comes from the president. The push and pull between expertise and responsiveness is hard to balance, but few would argue that neither should be present.

Research: No Place for Ethics

The concept of natural law, which consists of reason and human nature as norms for human behavior, combines ethics and law in a manner that does not confuse ethics with law or law with ethics but sees the two in complementary roles.

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