Author: TexasPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Session laws
Languages : en
Pages : 70
Book Description
General Laws of the State of Texas
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.
New York Court of Appeals. Records and Briefs.
Author: New York (State). Court of Appeals.Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 1088
Book Description
Volume contains: Unreported Case (People ex rel Smith v. St. Bd. of Tax Commr's) 218 NY 351 (Bradley v. McDonald)
California Style Manual
Author: Bernard Ernest WitkinPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Annotations and citations (Law)
Languages : en
Pages : 244
Book Description
Court of Appeals 1912
Author: Dominion Law Reports
Author: Catalogue of the Public Documents of the ... Congress and of All Departments of the Government of the United States
Author: United States. Superintendent of DocumentsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 1594
Book Description
The Judges of the New York Court of Appeals
Author: Judith S. KayePublisher:
ISBN: 9780823227631
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 1046
Book Description
"This book fills a major gap in the literature of the law and of American history.
Catalogue of the Public Documents of the ... Congress and of All Departments of the Government of the United States for the Period from ... to ...
Author: United States. Superintendent of DocumentsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 1594
Book Description
Author: