Screen LibraryStatutory default rules：how to interpret unclear legislation
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Harvard University Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Cambridge, MA |
| Publication Dates: | 2008. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Carrier Form: | vi, 386 p.: ill. ; 24 cm. |
| ISBN: |
9780674024601 (alk. paper) 0674024605 (alk. paper) |
| Index Number: | D971 |
| CLC: | D971.2 |
| Call Number: | D971.2/E41 |
| Contents: | Why courts should maximize enactable preferences when statutes are unclear -- The general theory for current preferences default rules -- Inferring current preferences from recent legislative action -- Inferring current preferences from agency action -- From legislative intent to probabilistic estimates of enactable preferences -- Moderation, unforeseen circumstances, and a theory of meaning -- Eliciting legislative preferences -- Canons favoring the politically powerless -- Linguistic canons of statutory construction -- Interpretations that may create international conflict -- Explaining se |