Misreading Law, Misreading Democracy / Victoria Nourse.
Nourse, Victoria, author.
2016
KF425 .N68 2016
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Title
Misreading Law, Misreading Democracy / Victoria Nourse.
Author
Nourse, Victoria, author.
ISBN
9780674974265
DOI
https://doi.org/10.4159/9780674974265
Published
Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2016]
Copyright
©2016
Language
English
Language Note
In English.
Description
1 online resource (208 p.)
Item Number
10.4159/9780674974265 doi
Call Number
KF425 .N68 2016
Dewey Decimal Classification
349.73
Summary
Victoria Nourse argues that lawyers must be educated on the basic procedures that define how Congress operates today. Lawmaking creates winners and losers. If lawyers and judges do not understand this, they may embrace the meanings of those who opposed legislation, turning legislative losers into judicial winners and standing democracy on its head.
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Frontmatter
Contents
Prologue: The Paradox of American Civic Illiteracy
1. Congress Is Not a Court
2. Statutory Interpretation Theories Misunderstand Congress
3. A Legislative Decision Theory of Statutory Interpretation
4. Petty Textualism, Canons, and Cognitive Bias
5. What Is Legislative Intent? Evidence of Context
6. The Constitutional Argument for Legislative Evidence
Epilogue: Courts and Congress as Faithful Agents of Democracy
Notes
Acknowledgments
Index

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