Congress delegates because it lacks time and expertise for detail
Evidence
Why should Congress give away so much power? Why should it delegate its authority to other agencies? Much of the development makes sense simply in terms of the scope of government. Congress is made up of only so many men and women, and there are only so many hours in the day. Congress has neither the time nor the know-how to handle every detail that modern law requires. — Lawrence M. Friedman and Grant M. Hayden, American Law, 478
Categorization
- XREF: connects to: Legislatures expanded into fields courts once exclusively governed — Lawrence M. Friedman and Grant M. Hayden, American Law: An Introduction, 455; Legislative workload precludes any informed deliberation on each bill — Henry M. Hart, Jr. and Albert M. Sacks, The Legal Process: Basic Problems in…, 3854; Congressional staffing creates a new principal-agent problem between legislators and their experts. — Henry M. Hart, Jr. and Albert M. Sacks, The Legal Process: Basic Problems in…, 4160 (+3 more)
Broader Connections
- People delegate precisely because they lack the expertise to specify the task.
#expands(0.92) — Shapiro, Susan P., The Social Control of Impersonal Trust, 48 - Agency discretion is delegated when legislatures cannot foresee future conduct
#qualifies(0.75) — Henry M. Hart, Jr. and Albert M. Sacks, The Legal Process, 550