Legislation & Statutory Interpretation

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Course Information

Registration Information

Meeting Times

Day Time Location
MON, WED 2:40 - 3:55 pm TNH 2.124

Evaluation Method

Type Date Time Location
Take-home exam up to 8 hrs December 15, 2020

Description

The 28330 section of this course will be taught in person but with the option of occasional remote participation via Zoom.  If students require all remote participation, they must register for the 28331 section of this course, which is identical but web-based.

The course focuses on the creation of legislation and then the subsequent statutory interpretation. It will discuss how the legislature exercises its power, what gives legislators their motivations, as well as different theories of interpretation. It will look at these issues from constitutional, statutory, and policy points of view. Goals of the class include understanding how proposed legislation becomes law, what U.S. Constitutional law provides about the legislative process, understanding how legistures operate, and learning skills about how to handle statutory language in practice - both on how legislatures create a statute and subsequently when courts must interpret that statute.

Textbooks ( * denotes required )

Legislation and Regulation: Statutes and the Creation of Public Policy *
Eskridge et al.
West , edition: 6th
ISBN: 9781683281832

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