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Statutes in Court : The History and Theory of Statutory Interpretation /
How do judges determine the meaning of laws? The extent to which judges should exercise their discretion in interpreting legislation has been a contentious issue throughout American history, involving questions about the balance of power between the legislature and the judiciary. In Statutes in Cour...
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Durham :
Duke University Press,
[1999]
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Tabla de Contenidos:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Introduction
- Part I The Evolution of Statutory Interpretation: English Antecedents and United States Experience
- 1. English History
- 2 The United States: From the Revolution to the Founding
- 3 The United States: Nineteenth Century
- 4 From 1900 to the 19605: Purposive Interpretation
- Part II Contemporary Statutory Interpretation
- 5. Giving Judges as Little to Do as Possible: The Rise of Modern Textualism
- 6. Giving Judges Something to Do: Republicanism and Substantive Canons
- 7 Ordinary Judging
- Notes
- Index of Cases
- Index