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Document Type: | Book |
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All Authors / Contributors: |
William N Eskridge, Jr.; John Paul Stevens |
ISBN: | 9781634599122 1634599128 |
OCLC Number: | 950957795 |
Description: | xiii, 470 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
Contents: | Introduction : canons and norms in statutory interpretation -- Ordinary meaning -- Whole act, statutory purpose, and whole code -- Statutory precedents -- Legislative history -- Agency interpretation and regulatory history -- Constitutional principles and background norms -- Conclusion : canons and norms in Constitutional interpretation -- Appendix : the Supreme Courts canons of statutory interpretation (1986-2016). |
Series Title: | University treatise series. |
Responsibility: | William N. Eskridge Jr., Yale Law School ; foreword by John Paul Stevens. |
Abstract:
Offers an accessible introduction to statutory and constitutional interpretation by the US's leading legislation scholar. This concise treatise not only identifies the primary "canons" or precepts that guide interpretation, but demonstrates how they operate and interact, as a matter of both practice and evolving aspiration.
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