TY - GEN N2 - 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. DO - 10.4159/9780674974265 DO - doi AB - 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. T1 - Misreading Law, Misreading Democracy / AU - Nourse, Victoria, JF - EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2016 JF - EBOOK PACKAGE Law 2016 EP - ZDB-23-DGG EP - ZDB-23-DGC CN - KF425 LA - eng LA - In English. ID - 1480532 KW - Law KW - Legislation KW - Legislative histories KW - Statutes KW - LAW / Courts. SN - 9780674974265 TI - Misreading Law, Misreading Democracy / LK - https://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780674974265 UR - https://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780674974265 ER -