Inconstant lady: discovery in administrative adjudications and the evidentiary use of its fruits
Today, there are many who maintain that the trend to liberal discovery, especially in complex administrative proceedings, was a mistake that has led to expensive and protracted hearings by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. We are currently in a time of re-evaluation and change in the area of administrative process. Teaching the general public, as well as agency members and their staffs, to discern the virtues of the adjudicative process as we now know it is difficult. There is a tendency to view informal rulemaking or ''paper hearings'' as a universal panacea for the ills that afflict administrative agencies. The legal community must maintain rationality during the proposals for drastic revision of discovery rules. 43 references.
- Research Organization:
- Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC
- OSTI ID:
- 6466484
- Journal Information:
- Energy Law J.; (United States), Vol. 4:2
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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