The legislative process, statutory interpretation, and administrative agencies
By: Linda D. Jellum, Ellison Capers Palmer Sr. Professor of Law, Mercer University School of Law
Publisher: Carolina Academic Press
Published: 2016
Place of publication: Durham, North Carolina
Language: eng
Number of pages: 745
ISBN-13: 9781611638776; 9781611639773
Subjects: Law; Interpretation and construction
Description: The book begins by introducing the legislative process, moves to explore in detail statutory interpretation, and ends with an introduction to the administrative state. After reading this text, students should understand how statutes are enacted and interpreted, the role that agencies play both in regulating and in interpreting statutes, and the breadth of arguments that are available to lawyers.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages xxix-xxxii) and index.
Table of contents: title: Preliminary matters; title: Separation of powers; title: The ligislative process; title: The sources and theories of interpretation; title: Canons based on intrinsic sources : the words; title: Canons based on intrinsic sources : moving beyond the words; title: Canons based on intrinsic sources : grammar and punctuation; title: Canons based on intrinsic sources : the linguistic canons; title: Canons based on intrinsic sources : the components; title: Canons based on extrinsic sources and legislative process : harmonizing statutes; title: Canons based on extrinsic sources and ligislative process : enactment context; title: Canons based on extrinsic sources and legislative process : purpose; title: Canons based on xtrinsic sources and legislative process : post-enactment legislative context; title: Canons base on policy-based considerations : constitutional; title: Canons based on policy-based considerations : prudential; title: The regulatory process : introduction to agencies; title: The regulatory process : legislative and executive oversight; title: The regulatory process : deference to agency interpretations; title: The regulatory process : deference to agency interpretations post-Chevron; title: Conclusion : the linear approach to statutory interpretation.