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Richard J Pierce Faculty Member
Positions
I write primarily about how the government makes decisions and about the effects of those decisions on the performance of markets. My books and articles have been cited in many judicial opinions, including over a dozen opinions of the U.S. Supreme Court.
Research Areas
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Affiliation
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Publications
selected publications
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academic article
- Agency Adjudication: It Is Time to Hit the Reset Button. George Mason Law Review. 2021
- Legislative Impotence--An Existential Threat. Federalist Society Modernization of Congress Series. 2021
- The Combination of Chevron and Political Polarity Is Having Awful Effects. Duke Law Journal. 2021
- Delegation, Time and Congressional Capacity. The Regulatory Review. 2020
- Response to Professor Farber's Regulatory Review in Anti-Regulatory Times. Chicago Kent law Review. 2019
- The Court Should Change the Scope of the Removal Power by Adopting a Purely Functional Approach. George Mason Law Review. 2019
- The Scope of the Removal Power Is Ripe for Reconsideration. Judges Journal. 2019
- Comparing the U.S. and Indian Competition Law Regimes. National Law Journal of India. 2017
- How to Achieve Regulatory Reform. Administrative Law Regulatory Law News. 2017
- The Effects of Trump's Reversal of Obama's Climate Policies Are Greatly Exaggerated. Utilities Law Review. 2017
- Justice Scalia's Unparalleled Contributions to Administrative Law. Minnesota Law Review. 2016
- The Clean Power Plan: Testing the Limits of Administrative Law and the Electric Grid. George Washington Journal of Energy Environmental Law. 2016
- The Future of Deference. George Washington Law Review. 2016
- The Regulatory Budget Debate. NYU Journal of Law Public Policy. 2016
- What Institution Should Decide Whether an Agency's Explanation of a Tax Decision Is Adequate. Duke Law Journal. 2015
- Comparing Dutch and U.S. Approaches to Reducing Emissions of CO2. Utilities Law Review. 2015
- The Administrative Conference and Empirical Research. George Washington Law Review. 2015
- The Rocky Relationship Between the Federal Trade Commission and Administrative Law. George Washington Law Review. 2015
- District Court Review of Findings of Fact Proposed by Magistrates. George Washington Law Review. 2013
- Natural Gas Fracking Addresses All of Our Major Problems. Journal of Energy and Environment. 2013
- A Primer on Demand Response and a Critique of Order 745. Journal of Energy Environmental Law. 2012
- Legal Disputes Related to Climate Change Will Continue for a Century. Environmental Law. 2012
- Natural Gas: A Long Bridge to a Promising Destination. Utah Environmental Law Review. 2012
- Rulemaking Ossification Is Real. George Washington Law Review. 2012
- What Should We Do About Social Security Disability Appeals?. Regulation. 2011
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article
- Vaccine Mandates and Roads Not Taken. The Regulatory Review. 2022
- Cognitive Limits on the Value of Consumer Autonomy. The Regulatory Review. 2021
- Compromise Between Radicals and Incrementalists in Antitrust Reform. The Regulatory Review. 2021
- Delegation, Time and Congressional Capacity. Wisconsin Law Review. 2021
- Ending Legislative Impotence. The Regulatory Review. 2021
- Fasten Your Seatbelts, the FTC Is About to Take Us on a Rollercoaster Ride. Notice & Comment. 2021
- Mass Comments Should Be Discouraged. The Regulatory Review. 2021
- President Biden's Antitrust Agenda. Notice & Comment. 2021
- Questions for Proponents of Major Change in Antitrust Law. Notice & Comment. 2021
- Regulation in the Biden Administration. Administrative Law Review. 2021
- The FTC's Attempt to Create a Right of Self-Repair. Notice and Comment. 2021
- The Need to Change Jurisdiction Over the Grid. The Regulatory Review. 2021
- Three Ways to Address Midnight Rules. Notice & Comment. 2021
- Unsolicited Advice for FTC Chair Khan. Notice and Comment. 2021
- Natural Gas is Key To Addressing Climate Change. The Regulatory Review. 2020
- A proposal to Help Congress Enact Civil Service Reform. The Regulatory Review. 2019
- Has the Supreme Court Endorsed the Use of Junk Science in the Administrative State. The Regulatory Review. 2019
- How Should the US Public Law System Respond to President Trump. Administrative Law Review Accord. 2019
- Is a Ceiling on Regulatory Cost Reasonable?. The Regulatory Review. 2019
- Regulatory Reform Under President Trump. Utilities Law Review. 2019
- The Status of Antitrust Law in the United States. Utilities Law Review. 2019
- Opposition to Gas Pipelines and Electricity Transmission lines Is an Obstacle to Climate Change Mitigation. The Regulatory Review. 2018
- Putting Trump's Affordable Clean Energy Plan in Perspective. The Regulatory Review. 2018
- Can President Trump Get Rid of Robert Mueller. Regulatory Review. 2018
- Finding a Path Back to Democratic Governance. Regulatory Review. 2018
- Republicans Discover the Mythical Basis fro Regulatory Reform. Regulatory Review. 2018
- The Travel Ban in Court. Regulatory Review. 2018
- A Good Effort at Regulatory Reform with One Glaring Flaw. Regulatory Review. 2017
- Primary Jurisdiction: Another Victim of Reality. Administrative Law Review. 2017
- Putting Trump's Unwinding of Obama's Climate Policy in Perspective. The Regulatory Review. 2017
- Valuing Bureaucracy Is a Quixotic Project. Regulatory Review. 2017
- Peter Strauss: Teacher, Scholar and Ambassador-at-Large. Administrative Law Review. 2015
- Natural Gas Fracking Addresses All of Our Major Problems. Journal of Energy & Environmental Law. 2013
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book
- Supplement to Administrative Law Treatise. Wolters Kluwer. 2021
- Administrative Law:Concepts and Insights (3d ed.). None. 2020
- Federal Administrative Law: Cases and Materials (3d ed.). Foundation Press. 2020
- Administrative Law Treatise 2019 supplement. None. 2019
- Administrative Law Treatise 6th edition. Wolters Kluwer. 2019
- Administrative Law Treatise 2018 supplement. Wolters Kluwer. 2018
- How Should the U.S. public Law System React to President Trump?. None. 2018
- Modern Antitrust Law and Its Origins (6th edition). Foundation Press. 2018
- 2017 Supplement to Administrative Law Treatise. Wolters Kluwer. 2017
- Administrative Law Treatise (6th ed.). None. 2017
- Modern Antitrust Law and its Origins (6th edition). None. 2017
- 2016 Supplement to Administrative Law Treatise. None. 2016
- 2015 Supplement to Administrative Law Treatise. Wolters Kluwer. 2015
- 2014 Supplement to Administrative Law Treatise. Wolters Kluwer. 2014
- Administrative Law & Process. Foundation Press. 2014
- Administrative Law And Process. None. 2013
- Administrative Law Concepts and insights. Foundation Press. 2012
- Administrative Law Treatise. Aspen Law & Business. 2010
- Federal Administrative Law: Cases and Materials. Foundation. 2010
- Administrative Law and Process. Foundation Press. 2009
- Administrative Law Concepts and Insights. Foundation. 2008
- The Law of Regulated Industries. West Publishing. 1999
- Economic Regulation. Anderson. 1994
- The Federal Administrative Judiciary. Administrative Conf. of U.S.. 1992
- Regulation and Competition in Natural Gas Distribution:. Council on Economic Regulation. 1990
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chapter
- A Comparison of the Cultures and Performance of a Modern Agency with a Nineteenth Century Agency. American Administrative Law from the Inside Out. 2016
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conference paper
- The Status of Agency Adjudication 2021
- The Status of Chevron 2021
- What Institution Should Determine Whether an Agency's Explanation of a Tax Decision Is Adequate? 2014
- Social Security disability Decision Making 2013
- Lessee/Lessor Relations in a Turbulent Gas Market 1987
- State Non-Utility Regulation of Natural Gas Production, Transportation, and Marketing 1987
- Issues in Gas Contract Litigation 1984
- Current Issues in Regulation: Gas Purchase Contracts 1983
- Developments in Natural Gas Regulation: High-Cost Gas, Deregulation and Contract Issues 1982
- The Market Value Royalty Controversy in Louisiana: The Case for the Lessor 1982
- The Natural Gas Policy Act of 1978 – What We Know After the First Year 1980
- The Natural Gas Policy Act of 1978 1979
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review
- Is Transmission of Electricity a Governmental Function?. George Washington Law Review on the Docket. 2019
- An Empirical Study of Judicial Review of Agency Interpretations of Agency Rules. 63 Admin. L. Rev.. 2011
- Paul Verkuil: An Outstanding Scholar in his Spare Time. 32 Card. L. Rev.. 2011
- The Past, Present, and Future of Energy Regulation. 31 Utah Environ. L. Rev.. 2011
- The People’s Agents and the Battle to Protect the American Public. 79 G. W. L. Rev.. 2011
- What Do the Studies of Judicial Review of Agency Actions Mean?. 63 Admin. L. Rev.. 2011
presentations
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presentation
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Service
reviewer of
- Advisory Committee to Indian Competition Commission (Journal)
- Competition and Regulation in Network Industries (Journal)
- Utilities Law Review (Journal)
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Background
education and training
- B.S. degree in Economics, Lehigh University Bethlehem, PA 18017
- J.D. degree, University of Virginia School of Law Charlottesville, VA 22901
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Contact
full name
- Richard J Pierce
mailing address
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Law School, Administration
2000 H St NW STU318
Washington, DC 20052
USA
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