Statutes in court : the history and theory of statutory interpretation /

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Author / Creator:Popkin, William D.
Imprint:Durham : Duke University Press, 1999.
Description:340 p. ; 25 cm.
Language:English
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/3913051
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ISBN:0822323281 (cloth : alk. paper)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (p. [257]-331) and indexes.
Table of Contents:
  • Pt. I. The Evolution of Statutory Interpretation: English Antecedents and United States Experience. 1. English History. 2. The United States: From the Revolution to the Founding. 3. The United States: Nineteenth Century. 4. From 1900 to the 1960s: Purposive Interpretation
  • Pt. II. Contemporary Statutory Interpretation. 5. Giving Judges as Little to Do as Possible: The Rise of Modern Textualism. 6. Giving Judges Something to Do: Republicanism and Substantive Canons. 7. Ordinary Judging.