Yet others viewed administrative law through the lens of participatory democracy, and republicanism. This was particularly so in the United States, where Sunstein (1985, 1988) and Midielman (1986) were prominent advocates of this underlying theory as to the purpose of administrative law. They rejected the view that administrative law was simply about the aggregation of interests. Republicanism connoted an attachment to deliberation, political equality, universalism and citizenship. The purpose of P91112105 was not simply to aggregate private preferences, but rather to subject those preferences to scrutiny and review. Discussion and djalugtle were central to this process.