The Chevron Doctrine

Wise and illuminating...Merrill's treatment of the rise of Chevron, and its various twists and turns over the decades, is keenly insightful. -- Cass R. Sunstein * New York Review of Books * Merrill's interpretive and reform arguments in this fine work of scholarship are mature and sophisticated. This deeply considered work will enrich the ongoing debate. -- Ronald M. Levin, Washington University School of Law Tom Merrill is one of the best scholars in the nation to undertake a book-length treatment of the Chevron doctrine. Thoughtful and nuanced, Merrill's The Chevron Doctrine will be a 'must-read' not only for any lawyer or scholar involved in the field of administrative law, but also for any scholar interested in American legal thought of the past half century. -- John F. Duffy, University of Virginia School of Law This book is a model of how to conduct rigorous, level-headed, and fair-minded analysis of a subject that has generated enormous legal controversy. There is no more judicious mind among American legal scholars than Thomas Merrill's. -- Nicholas Parrillo, Yale Law School Tom Merrill is one of the brightest and best scholars of administrative law, and in particular of the Chevron doctrine, in his generation. This book sheds new light on the most controversial subjects in the law of the separation of powers and in administrative law. It is must-reading for any citizen who has an interest in the constitutionality of the administrative state. -- Steven G. Calabresi, Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law