Cases and Materials on Legislation

Statutes and the Creation of Public Policy

• Author(s): William N. Eskridge, Philip P. Frickey, Elizabeth Garrett,
• Publisher: West Group
• Pages: 1238
• ISBN_10: 031423330X
  ISBN_13: 9780314233301
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Law / General , Law / Reference , Law / Government / General , Political Science / American Government / Legislative Branch , Political Science / Public Policy / General ,

Description:... Contains an introduction to legislation; descriptive and normative theories of legislation, including procedural theories of legislation, pluralism and interest groups, and institutional theories of legislation; Title VII: interpretive issues and political theories, the Supreme Court's decision in Griggs, affirmative action United States Steelworkers of America v. Weber and Johnson v. Transportation Agency, Santa Clara County; legislative drafting; representational structures, structures of legislative deliberation; statutes as a source of public policy in the United States; theories of statutory interpretation; doctrines of statutory interpretation; and the implementation of statutes.