The Failed Promise of Regulatory Variables

Authors

Harold J. Krent, Chicago-Kent College of Law

Publication Title

Washington University Law Quarterly

Abstract

The concept of a regulatory variable is misleading. All statutory language is susceptible to numerous interpretations that would be impossible to predict in advance. And myriad changes in financial or social situations may make legislative directives difficult to apply in future generations.

Recommended Citation

Harold J. Krent, The Failed Promise of Regulatory Variables, 73 Wash. U. L. Q. 1117 (1995).
Available at: https://openscholarship.wustl.edu/law_lawreview/vol73/iss3/20