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Agenda: Public Lands Mineral Leasing: Issues And Directions, University Of Colorado Boulder. Natural Resources Law Center
Agenda: Public Lands Mineral Leasing: Issues And Directions, University Of Colorado Boulder. Natural Resources Law Center
Public Lands Mineral Leasing: Issues and Directions (Summer Conference, June 10-11)
University of Colorado School of Law professor Lawrence J. MacDonnell served as the conference organizer and as a member of the faculty.
Federal leasing programs, especially for oil and gas and coal, have been undergoing important changes in recent years. This conference will provide an overview and an update for those involved in public lands mineral development. Significant new issues also will be addressed.
Obscene Telephone Calls: An Introduction To The Reading Of Statutes, Reed Dickerson
Obscene Telephone Calls: An Introduction To The Reading Of Statutes, Reed Dickerson
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Members of the legal profession continually confront problems of statutory interpretation. Unfortunately, most lawyers have been inadequately trained to read and to draft statutes, resulting in poorly reasoned judicial decisions and policy choices.
In this Article, Professor Dickerson explores common problems associated with statutory interpretation. In exploring these problems, he describes the cognitive process involved in reading a statute and the large fund of tacit assumptions that condition this process. Through a case study analysis, he suggests a method of approaching problems of statutory interpretation.