Statutes emerge as skeletons that agencies flesh out through regulation.

Evidence

Like all statutes, the 1930 Act emerged from-the legislative process as a bare skeleton. Muscle and flesh and blood have since been put on the skeleton through a variety of processes of growth. Congress itself has amended the Act with rather unusual frequenov, although the amendments have been relatively minor per- a a eratons.Most important, however, ha entheregulations issued and the decisions a fary of Agriculture in the courseoiit XMEi Iniii minisrain. — Henry M. Hart, Jr. and Albert M. Sacks, The Legal Process, 1393

Categorization

• recurring: this claim recurs 2 times within its source
• XREF: connects to: Detailed statutes force legislatures into future amendment burdens that interpretation could carry — Henry M. Hart, Jr. and Albert M. Sacks, The Legal Process: Basic Problems in…, 3894; Agency discretion is delegated when legislatures cannot foresee future conduct — Henry M. Hart, Jr. and Albert M. Sacks, The Legal Process: Basic Problems in…, 550; Judges create law when forced to resolve statutory ambiguity. — G. Alan Tarr, Judicial Process and Judicial…, 187 (+2 more)

Broader Connections

• Agency discretion is delegated when legislatures cannot foresee future conduct #expands (0.85) — Henry M. Hart, Jr. and Albert M. Sacks, The Legal Process, 550
• Judges create law when forced to resolve statutory ambiguity. #expands (0.80) — G. Alan Tarr, Judicial Process and Judicial…, 187
• Identical statutes produce divergent agency cultures through community influence #qualifies (0.72) — Michael Lipsky, Street-Level Bureaucracy, 366