Kathryn E. Kovacs

Rutgers Law School

Professor of Law

Camden, NJ

United States

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1.

Superstatute Theory and Administrative Common Law

90 Indiana Law Journal 1207 (2015)
Number of pages: 54 Posted: 29 Jan 2014 Last Revised: 19 Aug 2015
Kathryn E. Kovacs
Rutgers Law School
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Administrative Law, Administrative Procedure Act, Administrative Common Law, Superstatutes, Statutory Interpretation

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Scalia's Bargain

77 Ohio St. L.J. 1155 (2016)
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 01 Jun 2016 Last Revised: 22 Mar 2017
Kathryn E. Kovacs
Rutgers Law School
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Administrative Procedure Act, sovereign immunity, statutory interpretation

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Constraining the Statutory President

98 Wash. U. L. Rev. 62 (2020), Rutgers Law School Research Paper
Number of pages: 60 Posted: 12 Feb 2020 Last Revised: 24 Oct 2020
Kathryn E. Kovacs
Rutgers Law School
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presidential administration, administrative procedure act, Franklin v. Massachusetts, separation of powers

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Eagles, Indian Tribes, and the Free Exercise of Religion

47 Loyola of Los Angeles Law Review 53 (2014)
Number of pages: 66 Posted: 03 Jul 2012 Last Revised: 22 Aug 2014
Kathryn E. Kovacs
Rutgers Law School
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Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act, Indian law, religion

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Rules About Rulemaking and the Rise of the Unitary Executive

Administrative Law Review, Vol. 70, No. 3, 2018
Number of pages: 52 Posted: 01 Mar 2018 Last Revised: 15 Sep 2021
Kathryn E. Kovacs
Rutgers Law School
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Administrative Procedure Act, Unitary Executive

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Hobby Lobby and the Zero-Sum Game

92 Washington University Law Review 255 (2014)
Number of pages: 13 Posted: 03 Sep 2014 Last Revised: 22 Nov 2014
Kathryn E. Kovacs
Rutgers Law School
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Hobby Lobby, Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act, Religious Freedom Restoration Act

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A History of the Military Authority Exception in the Administrative Procedure Act

Administrative Law Review, Vol. 62, No. 3, 2010
Number of pages: 57 Posted: 06 Sep 2012 Last Revised: 15 Oct 2012
Kathryn E. Kovacs
Rutgers Law School
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Administrative Procedure Act, military authority

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Leveling the Deference Playing Field

Oregon Law Review, Vol. 90, p. 583, 2011
Number of pages: 60 Posted: 29 Jul 2011 Last Revised: 02 Feb 2012
Kathryn E. Kovacs
Rutgers Law School
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Deference, Military, Administrative Procedure Act

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Avoiding Authoritarianism in the Administrative Procedure Act

28 George Mason Law Review 573 (2021), C. Boyden Gray Center for the Study of the Administrative State Research Paper No. 21-02, Rutgers Law School Research Paper
Number of pages: 35 Posted: 18 Feb 2021 Last Revised: 15 Sep 2021
Kathryn E. Kovacs
Rutgers Law School
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Administrative Procedure Act, authoritarianism

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Fomenting Authoritarianism Through Rules About Rulemaking

In Jason NE Varuhas & Shona Wilson Stark, eds., The Frontiers of Public Law (Hart, 2019)
Number of pages: 14 Posted: 17 Jun 2018 Last Revised: 15 Sep 2021
Kathryn E. Kovacs
Rutgers Law School
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Revealing Redundancy: The Tension between Federal Sovereign Immunity and Nonstatutory Review

Drake Law Review, Vol. 54, 2005
Number of pages: 48 Posted: 15 Sep 2011 Last Revised: 04 May 2012
Kathryn E. Kovacs
Rutgers Law School
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sovereign immunity, nonstatutory review, redundancy

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Shifting Powers in the United States Government

Public Law (Jan. 2020), Rutgers Law School Research Paper
Number of pages: 6 Posted: 15 Aug 2019 Last Revised: 04 Jan 2021
Kathryn E. Kovacs
Rutgers Law School
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Congress, separation of powers, inertia

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Recognizing Gay and Lesbian Families: Marriage and Parental Rights

Law & Sexuality, Vol. 5, p. 513, 1995
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 03 Aug 2011 Last Revised: 04 Jul 2021
Kathryn E. Kovacs
Rutgers Law School
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same-sex marriage, parental rights

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Progressive Textualism in Administrative Law

118 Mich. L. Rev. Online 134 (2020)
Number of pages: 16 Posted: 12 Feb 2020
Kathryn E. Kovacs
Rutgers Law School
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Administrative Procedure Act, Textualism, Progressive, Interpretation

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The Supersecretary in Chief

94 Southern California Law Review PS 61 (2020)
Number of pages: 19 Posted: 24 Jan 2021
Kathryn E. Kovacs
Rutgers Law School
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President, unitary executive, Administrative Procedure Act, balance of powers, Franklin v. Massachusetts

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Pixelating Administrative Common Law in Mortgage Bankers

125 Yale L.J. F. 31 (2015)
Number of pages: 13 Posted: 11 Jun 2015
Kathryn E. Kovacs
Rutgers Law School
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Brief of Amici Curiae Takings and Federal Courts Scholars in Support of Respondents, Knick V. Township of Scott, No. 17-647 (U.S.)

Number of pages: 23 Posted: 20 Aug 2018
Kathryn E. Kovacs
Rutgers Law School
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28 USC 1331, federal question jurisdiction, Fourteenth Amendment, takings, Williamson County

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Accepting the Relegation of Takings Claims to State Courts: The Federal Courts' Misguided Attempts to Avoid Preclusion Under Williamson County

Ecology Law Quarterly, Vol. 26, No. 1, 1999
Number of pages: 47 Posted: 06 Feb 2012
Kathryn E. Kovacs
Rutgers Law School
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takings, preclusion, jurisdiction

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Introduction to the Bremer-Kovacs Collection: Historic Documents Related to the Administrative Procedure Act of 1946 (HeinOnline 2021)

106 Minn. L. Rev. Headnotes 218 (2022)
Number of pages: 11 Posted: 20 Jan 2022 Last Revised: 07 Sep 2022
Emily S. Bremer and Kathryn E. Kovacs
Notre Dame Law School and Rutgers Law School
Downloads 38 (738,071)
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dministrative law, Administrative Procedure Act, legislative history, statutory history, New Deal, administration

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Abandoning Administrative Common Law in Mortgage Bankers

Boston University Law Review Annex, Vol. 95, No. 1, 2015
Number of pages: 8 Posted: 24 Jan 2015
Kathryn E. Kovacs
Rutgers Law School
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administrative law, common law, Mortgage Bankers

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The Origins of Federal Wildlife Regulation Under the Commerce Clause

45 Harvard Environmental Law Review Online 1 (2021)
Number of pages: 8 Posted: 01 Apr 2021
Kathryn E. Kovacs
Rutgers Law School
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Commerce Clause, wildlife, Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act, legal history

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From Presidential Administration to Bureaucratic Dictatorship

135 Harv. L. Rev. F. 104 (2021)
Posted: 19 Feb 2022
Kathryn E. Kovacs
Rutgers Law School

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Administrative Procedure Act, authoritarianism, presidential administration