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999			_c27420 _d27420
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082			_bNOU-M _a349.73
100			_aNourse,Victoria
245			_aMisreading Law Misreading Democracy/ _cVictoria Nourse
260			_aEngland: _bHarvard University Press, _c2016
300			_a259p.
520			_aAmerican 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.
650			_aUnited States. _xCongress
650			_aLaw _zUnited States _xInterpretation and construction.
650			_aLegislation _zUnited States.
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