Legislative Process, Second Edition
Once again, expert authors Mikva and Lane draw on their considerable experience to explore and explain the legislative institutions and processes of the United States. Legislative Process, Second Edition, offers a current and comprehensive examination about the realities of how law is made.\ Here are just a few reasons why so many of your colleagues choose this distinctive casebook:\ \ extraordinary authorship, Abner J. Mikva is a former Chief Judge of the United States Court of Appeals, a...
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PART I. Introduction: Legislatures and Statutes• The Age of Statutes• The Anatomy of a StatutePART II.The Exercise of the Lawmaking Power• The Structures and Processes of American Legislatures• The Functions and Procedures of Legislative Committees• The Enactment of LegislationPART III.The Legitimizing Characteristics of American Legislatures• Representativeness: The Electorate• Representativeness: Elections, Qualifications, Representative Duties• Accessibility• DeliberatenessPART IV. Establishing the Meaning of a Statute• An Introduction to Statutory Interpretation• The Applicability of Plain Meaning• Resolving Ambiguities
Preface to the Second EditionPreface to the First EditionAcknowledgmentsAbout the AuthorsPt. IIntroduction: Legislatures and Statutes1Ch. 1The Age of Statutes3Ch. 2The Anatomy and Publication of Statutes53Ch. 3The Interpretation of Statutes95Pt. IIThe Exercise of the Lawmaking Power155Ch. 4The Structures and Processes of American Legislatures157Ch. 5The Functions and Procedures of Legislative Committees207Ch. 6The Enactment of Legislation303Pt. IIIThe Legitimizing Characteristics of American Legislatures369Ch. 7Representativeness - The Electorate371Ch. 8Representativeness - Elections, Qualifications, Representative Duties465Ch. 9Accessibility595Ch. 10Deliberativeness677Pt. IVEstablishing the Meaning of a Statute831Ch. 11The Applicability of Plain Meaning833Ch. 12Resolving Ambiguities963Table of Cases1077Bibliography1081Index1089
