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The Court And The Code: A Response To The Warp And Woof Of Statutory Interpretation, Lawrence Zelenak Apr 2009

The Court And The Code: A Response To The Warp And Woof Of Statutory Interpretation, Lawrence Zelenak

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The Warp And Woof Of Statutory Interpretation: Comparing Supreme Court Approaches In Tax Law And Workplace Law, James J. Brudney, Corey Ditslear Apr 2009

The Warp And Woof Of Statutory Interpretation: Comparing Supreme Court Approaches In Tax Law And Workplace Law, James J. Brudney, Corey Ditslear

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Debates about statutory interpretation-and especially about the role of the canons of construction and legislative history-are generally framed in one-size-fits-all terms. Yet federal judges-including most Supreme Court Justices-have not approached statutory interpretation from a methodologically uniform perspective. This Article presents the first in-depth examination of interpretive approaches taken in two distinct subject areas over an extended period of time. Professors Brudney and Ditslear compare how the Supreme Court has relied on legislative history and the canons of construction when construing tax statutes and workplace statutes from 1969 to 2008. The authors conclude that the Justices tend to rely on legislative …


Justice Scalia’S Use Of Sources In Statutory And Constitutional Interpretation: How Congress Always Loses, Arthur Stock Feb 1990

Justice Scalia’S Use Of Sources In Statutory And Constitutional Interpretation: How Congress Always Loses, Arthur Stock

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Average Voting Members And Other “Benign Fictions”: The Relative Reliability Of Committee Reports, Floor Debates, And Other Sources Of Legislative History, George A. Costello Feb 1990

Average Voting Members And Other “Benign Fictions”: The Relative Reliability Of Committee Reports, Floor Debates, And Other Sources Of Legislative History, George A. Costello

Duke Law Journal

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A Reply To Judge Starr’S Observations, Abner J. Mikva Jun 1987

A Reply To Judge Starr’S Observations, Abner J. Mikva

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Observations About The Use Of Legislative History, Kenneth W. Starr Jun 1987

Observations About The Use Of Legislative History, Kenneth W. Starr

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No abstract provided.