THE COURTS AS A SOURCE OF REGULATORY REVITALIZATION: EXTERNAL AGENDA SETTING AND EQUAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS |
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| Authors: | Charles S Bullock III James L Regens |
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| Institution: | CHARLES S. BULLOCK III is Richard B. Russell Professor of Political Science and Research Fellow of the Institute of Behavioral Research at the University of Georgia. He has published extensively in the areas of policy implementation, civil rights, and legislative politics.;JAMES L REGENS is Associate Professor of Political Science and research fellow in the Institute of Natural Resources at the University of Georgia. His research efforts focus on energy and environmental policy. He is currently on leave, serving as Senior Technical Advisor to the Deputy Administrator of U.S. E.P.A. |
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| Abstract: | The authors examine the relationship between the courts and HEW's Office for Civil Rights (OCR), to illustrate the effects of legal efforts to generate more vigorous agency enforcement. Opponents of racial and sex discrimination in public schools won a series of suits against OCR after it had ceased to effectively implement anti-discrimination legislation. As a result of court decisions, OCR has had its discretion over how it will carry out its legislative responsibilities curtailed. |
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