Author: United States. CongressPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 1324
Book Description
Congressional Record
Author: United States. CongressPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 1324
Book Description
How Our Laws are Made
Author: John V. SullivanPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 72
Book Description
Legislative Calendar, One Hundredth Congress
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Veterans' AffairsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Legislative calendars
Languages : en
Pages : 112
Book Description
Legislative Calendar
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Rules and AdministrationPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 92
Book Description
Budget Process Law Annotated
Author: William G. DausterPublisher: William G Dauster
ISBN: 9780160417269
Category : Health & Fitness
Languages : en
Pages : 902
Book Description
Judging Statutes
Author: Robert A. KatzmannPublisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0199362149
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 184
Book Description
In an ideal world, the laws of Congress--known as federal statutes--would always be clearly worded and easily understood by the judges tasked with interpreting them. But many laws feature ambiguous or even contradictory wording. How, then, should judges divine their meaning? Should they stick only to the text? To what degree, if any, should they consult aids beyond the statutes themselves? Are the purposes of lawmakers in writing law relevant? Some judges, such as Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, believe courts should look to the language of the statute and virtually nothing else. Chief Judge Robert A. Katzmann of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit respectfully disagrees. In Judging Statutes, Katzmann, who is a trained political scientist as well as a judge, argues that our constitutional system charges Congress with enacting laws; therefore, how Congress makes its purposes known through both the laws themselves and reliable accompanying materials should be respected. He looks at how the American government works, including how laws come to be and how various agencies construe legislation. He then explains the judicial process of interpreting and applying these laws through the demonstration of two interpretative approaches, purposivism (focusing on the purpose of a law) and textualism (focusing solely on the text of the written law). Katzmann draws from his experience to show how this process plays out in the real world, and concludes with some suggestions to promote understanding between the courts and Congress. When courts interpret the laws of Congress, they should be mindful of how Congress actually functions, how lawmakers signal the meaning of statutes, and what those legislators expect of courts construing their laws. The legislative record behind a law is in truth part of its foundation, and therefore merits consideration.
Enactment of a Law
Author: Robert B. DovePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Legislation
Languages : en
Pages : 40
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Monthly Catalogue, United States Public Documents
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 1260
Book Description
A Guide to the Bound Publications of the Committee on Labor and Human Resources, United States Senate for the ... Congress
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Labor and Human ResourcesPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 16
Book Description
United States Congressional Serial Set Catalog
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 820
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