Legislation: Process & Interpretation LAW 206

Description

This course provides an introduction to the creation, implementation, and interpretation of statutes. Topics addressed in the course include: how a statute works its way through the legislative system; the roles that different institutions play in a statute's passage, interpretation, and enforcement; alternatives to our legislative processes; the ways in which statutes embody public policy; theories and doctrines of statutory interpretation; and the role of courts in the interpretive process. (This course was formerly titled "Legislative Process.") (revised 4/09)

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