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Main Author: Hanks, Eva H
Other Authors: Herz, Michael E, Nemerson, Steven S
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New Providence, NJ : LexisNexis, c2010
Edition:2nd ed
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Table of Contents:
  • Cases
  • Reading and briefing cases
  • Judging
  • A case sequence
  • A theory of precedent
  • What judges do: a coda
  • Statutes v. the common law
  • Theories of statutory interpretations
  • Sources of statutory interpretation
  • Reading statutory texts
  • Statutory purpose
  • Legislative history
  • Statutes in the administrative state
  • Stability and change in statutory law
  • Summary and conclusion: the role of judges in a democratic society