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Misreading Law, Misreading Democracy
Victoria Nourse
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Description for Misreading Law, Misreading Democracy
Hardback. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: WZ. Dimension: 245 x 166 x 26. Weight in Grams: 558.
American law schools extol democracy but teach little about its most basic institution, the Congress. Interpreting statutes is lawyers' most basic task, but law professors rarely focus on how statutes are made. This misguided pedagogy, says Victoria Nourse, undercuts the core of legal practice. It may even threaten the continued functioning of American democracy, as contempt for the legislature becomes entrenched in legal education and judicial opinions. Misreading Law, Misreading Democracy turns a spotlight on lawyers' and judges' pervasive ignorance about how Congress makes law. Victoria Nourse not only offers a critique but proposes reforming the way ... Read more
American law schools extol democracy but teach little about its most basic institution, the Congress. Interpreting statutes is lawyers' most basic task, but law professors rarely focus on how statutes are made. This misguided pedagogy, says Victoria Nourse, undercuts the core of legal practice. It may even threaten the continued functioning of American democracy, as contempt for the legislature becomes entrenched in legal education and judicial opinions. Misreading Law, Misreading Democracy turns a spotlight on lawyers' and judges' pervasive ignorance about how Congress makes law. Victoria Nourse not only offers a critique but proposes reforming the way ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Weight
557g
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
Cambridge, Mass, United States
ISBN
9780674971417
SKU
V9780674971417
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About Victoria Nourse
Victoria Nourse is Professor of Law and Director of the Center on Congressional Studies at Georgetown Law School.
Reviews for Misreading Law, Misreading Democracy
Nourse convinces that America's judges, law professors, and lawyers know perilously little about the most important branch of government
the United States Congress
and spells out the consequences this gap in our collective knowledge have for governance. Helping to fill that gap, this accessible book takes on those who practice 'petty textualism' while offering an approach to statutory interpretation that is both ... Read more
the United States Congress
and spells out the consequences this gap in our collective knowledge have for governance. Helping to fill that gap, this accessible book takes on those who practice 'petty textualism' while offering an approach to statutory interpretation that is both ... Read more