Legislative Intent: The Use of Positive Political Theory in Statutory Interpretation

The usefulness of legislative history has been brought into question concerning how judges interpret the intent of legislation. The structure of the legislative process is examined in order to identify how legislators solve the problem of instability of majority rule.

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Veröffentlicht in:	Law and contemporary problems 1994-01, Vol.57 (1), p.3-37
Hauptverfasser:	McNollgast, Bates, Robert H, Jorgensen, Miriam R, Shepsle, Kenneth A, Schwartz, Edward P, Spiller, Pablo T, Urbiztondo, Santiago, Eskridge, William N, Munger, Michael, Lupia, Arthur, McCubbins, Mathew D, Asimow, Michael, Bawn, Kathleen
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Administrative law Coalition bargaining Committees Court hearings & proceedings Government bureaucracy Interpretation Law Legislation Legislators National Environmental Policy Act Political Economy Political parties Political philosophy Political Theory Positive political theory Positivism Regulation Role Statutes Statutory interpretation Statutory law United States USA
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Zusammenfassung:	The usefulness of legislative history has been brought into question concerning how judges interpret the intent of legislation. The structure of the legislative process is examined in order to identify how legislators solve the problem of instability of majority rule.
ISSN:	0023-9186 1945-2322
DOI:	10.2307/1191982