Author: United States. Supreme CourtPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Law reports, digests, etc
Languages : en
Pages : 1436
Book Description
United States Reports
Author: United States. Supreme CourtPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Law reports, digests, etc
Languages : en
Pages : 1436
Book Description
United States Reports Volume 556
Author: Publisher: Government Printing Office
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1370
Book Description
United States Reports, Volume 513
Author: Frank D. WagnerPublisher: Government Printing Office
ISBN: 9780160617423
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 1210
Book Description
Frank D. Wanger, Reporter of Decisions. Cases Adjudged in the Supreme Court at October Term, 1994, Beginning of Term, October 3, 1994 Through February 28, 1995
Reports of Cases Argued and Adjudged in the Supreme Court of the United States
Author: United States. Supreme CourtPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Law reports, digests, etc
Languages : en
Pages : 874
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.
The Revised Reports
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Law reports, digests, etc
Languages : en
Pages : 902
Book Description
Cannon's Precedents of the House of Representatives of the United States
Author: Clarence CannonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Parliamentary practice
Languages : en
Pages : 844
Book Description
A Digest of the United States Supreme Court Reports
Author: Henry Gold DanforthPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Law reports, digests, etc
Languages : en
Pages : 610
Book Description
Monthly Catalogue, United States Public Documents
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 1484
Book Description
Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme Court of the State of Oregon
Author: Oregon. Supreme CourtPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Law reports, digests, etc
Languages : en
Pages : 716
Book Description