Category: Neoteric Papers
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Neoteric Papers No. 38 — Oversight That Obtains Answers
Shemsizedek argues for legislative oversight that joins answerable questions, usable evidence, fair inquiry, and recorded correction while preserving administrative responsibility.
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Neoteric Papers No. 37 — Technical Standards and Public Judgment
Shemsizedek examines how lawmakers can use technical expertise without surrendering responsibility for public burdens, weighing representation, qualified review, conflicts of interest, evidence from use, and lawful correction.
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Neoteric Papers No. 36 — Common Trade Rules and a Fair Way In
Shemsizedek examines when common commerce rules remove barriers and when their methods exclude smaller participants, weighing shared enforcement, local judgment, specialized knowledge, and accountable limits.
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Neoteric Papers No. 35 — From Public Allocation to Public Delivery
Shemsizedek argues that public accountability must connect authorized spending, actual payments, and delivered results, while preserving administrative judgment, minority protections, fair inquiry, and lawful correction.
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Neoteric Papers No. 34 — Borrowing Without Spending the Future’s Choices
Shemsizedek weighs Brutus’s warning about public borrowing against Hamilton’s defense of good faith and reliable credit, proposing scrutiny of purpose, repayment, risk, and the choices left to future residents.
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Neoteric Papers No. 33 — Common Needs and Accountable Taxation
Shemsizedek examines how common needs can justify lawful taxation while demanding adequate representation, a defensible distribution of burdens, clear administration, and an account of results.
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Neoteric Papers No. 32 — From Proposal to Public Rule
Shemsizedek argues that accountable lawmaking must preserve a usable connection between proposed text, public reasons, substantive revisions, and the rule finally adopted, while confronting the strongest case for justified confidentiality.
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Neoteric Papers No. 31 — A Second Chamber Must Earn Its Check
A second legislative chamber earns public confidence through independent scrutiny and an intelligible account of its actions, revisions, and delays. Shemsizedek examines the Federal Farmer and Madison before proposing safeguards for accountable lawmaking.
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Neoteric Papers No. 30 — Common Action With Visible Limits
Shemsizedek examines how distinct authorities can cooperate through defined mandates, visible decisions, and accountable shared administration.
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Neoteric Papers No. 29 — Changing Delegations Without Losing Accountability
Shemsizedek examines how delegated responsibilities can change lawfully while preserving public authorization, minority protections, service continuity, and a clear account of power.