Prior-approval systems fail when they cannot be reduced to simple routine

Evidence

Prereouisites impose heavy burdens upon the machinery of government. Unless their administration can be reduced to a simple routine, the3 cannot be used successfully to regulate a great number of people or transactions. — Henry M. Hart, Jr. and Albert M. Sacks, The Legal Process, 772

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: A wartime OPA toy-price prior-check system collapsed under its own volume — Henry M. Hart, Jr. and Albert M. Sacks, The Legal Process: Basic Problems in…, 773; Lawyers must master even a defective process to protect good causes — Henry M. Hart, Jr. and Albert M. Sacks, The Legal Process: Basic Problems in…, 687; Prior approval works best when after-the-fact checks would be unjust or inadequate — Henry M. Hart, Jr. and Albert M. Sacks, The Legal Process: Basic Problems in…, 762 (+4 more)

Broader Connections

• Simplified definitions produce inadequate solutions to complex problems #corroborates (0.85) — Chris Allen, Islamophobia, 923
• Ballot-box accountability fails for decisions of great complexity and detail #exemplifies (0.85) — Henry M. Hart, Jr. and Albert M. Sacks, The Legal Process, 4263
• Standard sensitivity analysis fails for dynamic decisions with variable outcome timing. #epitomizes (0.82)
• Formalized systems like cost-benefit analysis must inherently be incomplete. #expands (0.78) — Douglas A. Kysar, Regulating from Nowhere, 443