Judicial Deference Video Barnett

Judicial Deference:

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• Syllabus/Course Contents
• Video: Introduction to Judicial Deference
• Reading 1: Cynthia R. Farina, "Statutory Interpretation and the Balance of Power in the Administrative State"
  • Link to the Reading
  • Video: About the reading (~5 min)
  • Reflect on "go deeper" questions for self-study
• Reading 2: Jonathan R. Siegel, "The Constitutional Case for Chevron Deference"
  • Link to the Reading
  • Video: About the reading (~5 min)
  • Reflect on "go deeper" questions for self-study
• Reading 3: Michael Kagan, "Loud and Soft Anti-Chevron Decisions"
  • Reading
  • Video: About the reading (~5 min)
  • Reflect on "go deeper" questions for self-study
• Expert Interview: Kent Barnett
• Expert Interview: Adam White
• Expert Q and A
• Further Reading

Expert Interview: Kent Barnett

Mentioned in the Interview:

1. Article III of the Constitution
2. De Novo Review
3. Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act
4. Is Administrative Law Unlawful? by Phillip Hamburger

About Kent Barnett:

Kent Barnett, who specializes in administrative law, contracts and consumer law, joined the University of Georgia School of Law faculty in 2012 and became the J. Alton Hosch Associate Professor in August 2018. He has received C. Ronald Ellington Award for Excellence in Teaching, and graduating classes have twice selected him to serve as a Faculty Marshal for commencement ceremonies.

Barnett is currently an appointed public member of the Administrative Conference of the United States, an independent federal agency that provides research and recommendations to agencies and Congress to improve the federal bureaucracy. He recently served as the reporter for the Model Adjudication Rules by ACUS for use in all federal agency evidentiary hearings. He also served as Chair of the Administrative Law Section of the AALS.

Before coming to UGA, he was the Inaugural Visiting Assistant Professor at the University of Kentucky College of Law. He also served as a judicial clerk for Judge John Rogers of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit and practiced in the complex-commercial-litigation and appellate groups at Weil, Gotshal & Manges.

He earned his undergraduate degree summa cum laude from Centre College, where he was elected to Phi Beta Kappa, was selected as a John C. Young Scholar and received The Art Prize, The E. Wilbur Cook Music Prize and The Franklin-Bennett Music Prize. He received his law degree summa cum laude from the University of Kentucky College of Law, where he was inducted into the Order of the Coif, served as articles editor of the Kentucky Law Journal and received, among other awards, the Colvin P. Rouse Award for best overall legal scholarship and the Kentucky Commercial Law Foundation Award for best commercial-law scholarship.

From The University of Georgia School of Law