Misreading law, misreading democracy /

"Hating Congress but loving Democracy is a national passion. For those who apply law, whether lawyers or judges, it is an oxymoronic luxury neither can afford. One of the dirty secrets of the legal academy is that it teaches almost nothing to lawyers about how law is made in Congress. The resul...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Nourse, Victoria F. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2016.
Temas:
United States. > Congress.
United States. > Congress
Law > United States > Interpretation and construction.
Legislation > United States.
Statutes > United States.
Legislative histories > United States.
Droit > États-Unis > Interprétation.
Statuts > États-Unis.
Histoire législative > États-Unis.
LAW > Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice.
LAW > Legal Education.
Law > Interpretation and construction
Legislation
Legislative histories
Statutes
United States
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Prologue : the paradox of American civic illiteracy
  • Congress is not a court
  • Statutory interpretation theories misunderstand Congress
  • A legislative decision theory of statutory interpretation
  • Petty textualism, canons, and cognitive bias
  • What is legislative intent? : evidence of context
  • The constitutional argument for legislative evidence
  • Epilogue : courts and Congress as faithful agents of democracy.

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