What good is legislative history?
Subtitle: Justice Scalia in the Federal Courts of Appeals
By: Joseph L. Gerken.
Publisher: William S. Hein & Co., Inc.
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Buffalo, N.Y
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780837732329
Subjects: Scalia, Antonin -- Influence; Legislative histories -- United States; Law -- United States -- Interpretation and construction
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: A brief history of legislative history; title: The Supreme Court's treatment of legislative history prior to Justice Scalia; title: Justice Scalia's opinions on legislative history; title: General criticism of legislative history in the Courts of Appeals; title: Specific applications of legislative history; title: Legislative history cases that do not cite Justice Scalia; title: Some concluding observations.