The Resource Misreading law, misreading democracy, Victoria Nourse
Misreading law, misreading democracy, Victoria Nourse
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- Summary
- "Hating Congress but loving Democracy is a national passion. For those who apply law, whether lawyers or judges, it is an oxymoronic luxury neither can afford. One of the dirty secrets of the legal academy is that it teaches almost nothing to lawyers about how law is made in Congress. The results of this ignorance can be perverse and anti-democratic. No lawyer would confuse a dissenting judicial opinion with a majority opinion, but somehow lawyers and judges in famous cases have unwittingly confused the meanings of legislative losers and winners. For those lawyers and judges who have declared that reverting to Congress's records is shameful and unconstitutional, this book provides a powerful antidote. Lawyers may hate Congress but Congress by another name is democracy, and without understanding how it works, lawyers will unwittingly find themselves participating in an interpretive endeavor that celebrates those who have lost over those who have won the legislative debate"--
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 259 pages
- Isbn
- 9780674971417
- Label
- Misreading law, misreading democracy
- Title
- Misreading law, misreading democracy
- Statement of responsibility
- Victoria Nourse
- Subject
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- Legislation -- United States
- Legislative histories
- Legislative histories -- United States
- Legislative histories -- United States
- Statutes
- Law -- Interpretation and construction
- Statutes -- United States
- United States
- United States, Congress
- United States, Congress
- United States, Congress
- Statutes -- United States
- Law -- United States -- Interpretation and construction
- Law -- United States -- Interpretation and construction
- Legislation
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "Hating Congress but loving Democracy is a national passion. For those who apply law, whether lawyers or judges, it is an oxymoronic luxury neither can afford. One of the dirty secrets of the legal academy is that it teaches almost nothing to lawyers about how law is made in Congress. The results of this ignorance can be perverse and anti-democratic. No lawyer would confuse a dissenting judicial opinion with a majority opinion, but somehow lawyers and judges in famous cases have unwittingly confused the meanings of legislative losers and winners. For those lawyers and judges who have declared that reverting to Congress's records is shameful and unconstitutional, this book provides a powerful antidote. Lawyers may hate Congress but Congress by another name is democracy, and without understanding how it works, lawyers will unwittingly find themselves participating in an interpretive endeavor that celebrates those who have lost over those who have won the legislative debate"--
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- Nourse, Victoria F
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
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- United States
- United States
- Law
- Legislation
- Statutes
- Legislative histories
- Law
- Legislation
- Legislative histories
- Statutes
- United States
- Label
- Misreading law, misreading democracy, Victoria Nourse
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-245) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- 259 pages
- Isbn
- 9780674971417
- Isbn Type
- (hbk.)
- Lccn
- 2016009533
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Note
- YBP Library Services
- System control number
- (OCoLC)946031900
- Label
- Misreading law, misreading democracy, Victoria Nourse
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-245) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- 259 pages
- Isbn
- 9780674971417
- Isbn Type
- (hbk.)
- Lccn
- 2016009533
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Note
- YBP Library Services
- System control number
- (OCoLC)946031900
Subject
- Legislation -- United States
- Legislative histories
- Legislative histories -- United States
- Legislative histories -- United States
- Statutes
- Law -- Interpretation and construction
- Statutes -- United States
- United States
- United States, Congress
- United States, Congress
- United States, Congress
- Statutes -- United States
- Law -- United States -- Interpretation and construction
- Law -- United States -- Interpretation and construction
- Legislation
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