Nourse,Victoria
Misreading Law Misreading Democracy/ Victoria Nourse - England: Harvard University Press, 2016 - 259p.
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.
9780674971417
United States.--Congress
Law--Interpretation and construction.--United States
Legislation--United States.
349.73 / NOU-M
Misreading Law Misreading Democracy/ Victoria Nourse - England: Harvard University Press, 2016 - 259p.
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.
9780674971417
United States.--Congress
Law--Interpretation and construction.--United States
Legislation--United States.
349.73 / NOU-M