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Making Sausage: What, Why And How To Teach About Legislative Process In A Legislation Or Leg-Reg Course, Deborah A. Widiss Jan 2015

Making Sausage: What, Why And How To Teach About Legislative Process In A Legislation Or Leg-Reg Course, Deborah A. Widiss

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Although a rapidly growing number of law schools require students to take a course on legislation, many of these courses teach very little about how laws are actually enacted. This essay, written for a special issue of the Journal of Legal Education, argues that study of the legislative process helps students interpret and apply statutory language.

The essay surveys existing text books and supplemental resources that could be easily integrated into a Leg-Reg or Legislation class to explain modern Congressional procedure. The focus is the multiple distinct paths that bills may take through a legislative body and the written …


One Approach To Teaching Legal Drafting, Reed Dickerson Jan 1965

One Approach To Teaching Legal Drafting, Reed Dickerson

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Objectives In The Field Of Legislation, Frank Edward Horack Jan 1953

Objectives In The Field Of Legislation, Frank Edward Horack

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