Table of Contents

Chapter 1: The Intellectual Development of the Regulatory Movement: 1887-1920

Commissions as Reflections of American Political Institutions
The Growth of Regulation
State Experimentation in Regulation
The Establishment of the Interstate Commerce Commission: 1887-1906
The Progressive Reform Movement: 1906-1917

Chapter 2: The Intellectual Development of the Regulatory Movement: Since 1930
1920-1929: Postwar Normalcy
The 1930's: Depression Decade
Developments since 1941
Some Conclusions

Chapter 3: The Life Cycle of Regulatory Commissions
Gestation: Phase I
Youth: Phase II
Old Age: Debility and Decline: Phase 4
The Pattern of Attacks on the Regulatory Commission
Consequences of the Attacks on the Regulatory Progress
Outstanding Characteristics of Regulation by Commission

Chapter 4: Commissioners and the Problem of expertness
Characteristics fro Federal Commissioners
Presidential Attitudes toward the Commissions
The Problem of Expertness in Regulatory Commissions
The Limitations of the Experts

Chapter 5: Independence, Responsibility, and the Public Interest
Obstacles to Formulation of a Theory of Regulation
Independence of Regulatory Commissions
The Case for Independence
The Implications of "Independence"
The Responsibility of Regulatory Commissions
Search for the Public Interest

Chapter 6: Some Problems of Regulatory Practice
Policy Integration
Bias v. Impartiality
Problems of Internal Organization
Planning
Consequences of the Judicial Approach
Precision in Regulation
The Problem of Ethics

Chapter 7: The Politics of Adjudication
Political Significance of the Movement to reform Administrative Adjudication
Hearing Examiners under the Administrative Procedure Act
Impact of the Administrative Procedure Act on the Regulatory Commissions
Regulatory v. Executive Functions

Chapter 8: Enforcement of Regulations
Significance of Enforcement in the Regulatory Process
The Interdependence of Regulatory Controls
The Concept of Enforcement
Development o Enforceable Regulations
Compliance Activities
Organization of Enforcement Activities
Disposition of Cases and Application of Sanctions
Cross Sanctions
National-State-Local Cooperation
Conclusion

Chapter 9: An Approach to the Regulatory Process
The Political and Social Setting of Regulation
The Scope of the Regulatory Process
Regulation Is an Intensely Political Process's
Regulation as a Reflection of the Conflicting Demands of the parties in Interest
Regulation as a Process of Adjustment
Regulation as Control of Human Behavior
Regulation as an Area of Policy Making
Regulation as a Two-Way Process
Conclusion

Chapter 10: An Appraisal of Regulation by Commission
The Nature of the Regulatory Process
Concept of Regulation a expressed in the Commission Movement
Requirements of Effective Regulation of Business
The Commission and the Requirements of Effective Regulation

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