The Supreme Court of Judicature Acts, 1873 and 1875
Author: Arthur Wilson
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Published: 1875
Total Pages: 496
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Author: Arthur Wilson
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Published: 1875
Total Pages: 496
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Ireland
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Published: 1879
Total Pages: 532
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Robert A. Katzmann
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2014-08-14
Total Pages: 184
ISBN-13: 0199362149
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn an ideal world, the laws of Congress--known as federal statutes--would always be clearly worded and easily understood by the judges tasked with interpreting them. But many laws feature ambiguous or even contradictory wording. How, then, should judges divine their meaning? Should they stick only to the text? To what degree, if any, should they consult aids beyond the statutes themselves? Are the purposes of lawmakers in writing law relevant? Some judges, such as Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, believe courts should look to the language of the statute and virtually nothing else. Chief Judge Robert A. Katzmann of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit respectfully disagrees. In Judging Statutes, Katzmann, who is a trained political scientist as well as a judge, argues that our constitutional system charges Congress with enacting laws; therefore, how Congress makes its purposes known through both the laws themselves and reliable accompanying materials should be respected. He looks at how the American government works, including how laws come to be and how various agencies construe legislation. He then explains the judicial process of interpreting and applying these laws through the demonstration of two interpretative approaches, purposivism (focusing on the purpose of a law) and textualism (focusing solely on the text of the written law). Katzmann draws from his experience to show how this process plays out in the real world, and concludes with some suggestions to promote understanding between the courts and Congress. When courts interpret the laws of Congress, they should be mindful of how Congress actually functions, how lawmakers signal the meaning of statutes, and what those legislators expect of courts construing their laws. The legislative record behind a law is in truth part of its foundation, and therefore merits consideration.
Author: Frederic Philip Tomlinson
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Published: 1883
Total Pages: 620
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: John C. P. Goldberg
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2019-08
Total Pages: 483
ISBN-13: 1108421318
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe fusion of law and equity in common law systems was a crucial moment in the development of the modern law. In this volume leading scholars assess the significance of the fusion of law and equity from comparative, doctrinal, historical and theoretical perspectives.
Author: John Thompson Fitzadam
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Published: 1875
Total Pages: 594
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Michael E. Parrish
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Published: 2002-07-11
Total Pages: 358
ISBN-13: 1576077373
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAn in-depth analysis of the workings and legacy of the Supreme Court led by Charles Evans Hughes. Charles Evans Hughes, a man who, it was said, "looks like God and talks like God," became chief justice in 1930, a year when more than 1,000 banks closed their doors. Today the Hughes Court is often remembered as a conservative bulwark against Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal. But that view, according to author Michael Parrish, is not accurate. In an era when Nazi Germany passed the Nuremberg Laws and extinguished freedom in much of Western Europe, the Hughes Court put the stamp of constitutional approval on New Deal entitlements, required state and local governments to bring their laws into conformity with the federal Bill of Rights, and took the first steps toward developing a more uniform code of criminal justice.
Author: William Downes Griffith
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Published: 1877
Total Pages: 934
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Published: 1881
Total Pages: 1008
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Kelly Stephen Searl
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Published: 1922
Total Pages: 520
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