Whether legislatures or courts better adjudicate claims is an unsettled comparative question

Evidence

Is the legislature a good or a poor forum for consideration of private claims, as compared with courts or administrative agencies? In answering this question, consider the Texas City Claims Act and compare the legislative approach to it with the judicial. — Henry M. Hart, Jr. and Albert M. Sacks, The Legal Process, 2296

Categorization

• SEED: Could seed an essay on which institutions are structurally suited to do ‘justice’ case-by-case, weaving the Texas City and flood insurance material across this volume.
• XREF: connects to: Private bills persist partly because Congress waives requirements courts would impose — Henry M. Hart, Jr. and Albert M. Sacks, The Legal Process: Basic Problems in…, 2298; Whether a question is law or fact is really a policy choice in disguise — Henry M. Hart, Jr. and Albert M. Sacks, The Legal Process: Basic Problems in…, 127; Only some dispute types are apt for settlement by adjudication — Henry M. Hart, Jr. and Albert M. Sacks, The Legal Process: Basic Problems in…, 3262