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Statutory Interpretation
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Labor Law Prof Blog
Widiss on Shadow Precedents
Deborah Widiss (Brooklyn) has just posted on SSRN her article (forthcoming Notre Dame L. Rev.) Shadow Precedents and the Separation of Powers: Statutory Interpretation of Congressional Overrides. Here's the abstract:In…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Statutory interpretation at center of debate in SCOTUS clemency case
Main January 13, 2009Statutory interpretation at center of debate in SCOTUS clemency caseAdam Liptak has this article in the New York Times, headlined "Weighing Reach of Law in Appeals for…
Outside Inhouse Lawyer Blog
Statutory Procedures Are to be Followed, or Else…
By Grace Healy
When I was in law school I clerked for a managing attorney who made his clerks – to our occasional frustration -- obey every procedural rule to the letter. A…
Civil Procedure & Federal Courts Blog
Rules Enabling Act
By Civil Procedure & Federal Courts Blog
Anthony Vitarelli recently posted A Blueprint for Applying the Rules Enabling Act's Supersession Clause on SSRN. Click the article title to download. This abstract follows:When Congress passed the Rules Enabling…
Constitutional Law Prof Blog
The Sunday Reader: Jellum on Statutory Directives and Separation of Powers
By ConLawProf initials at end of post
Professor Linda Jellum (Mercer) posted "Which is to be Master," The Judiciary or the Legislature? When Statutory Directives Violate Separation of Powers, forthcoming in the UCLA Law Review, on ssrn…
Legal Writing Prof Blog
Codified Canons and the Common Law of Interpretation
By legalwriting
Our friend Joe Hodnicki at the Law Librarian Blog advises us about a new article on the canons of statutory construction. He suggests that the article would make a good…
ContractsProf Blog
Statutory Poetry
Those who are subscribers to the AALS listserve, or who have had other occasion to interact with Sid Delong (Seattle) will not be surprised to see an example of his…
Litigation & Trial
Citigroup v. Wells Fargo in re Wachovia II: Does Plain Meaning Apply When The Plain Meaning Is Wrong?
The plain meaning rule is to litigators what hammers are to contractors. It may be easy to use, but since you're going to use it on every job, you need…
Drug & Device Law
Living On The Point Of The Spear
By Bexis
Probably the most unexpected aspect of blogging has been fielding all these calls from reporters. But it does make us wonder sometimes about the quality of the news we hear…
Legal Writing Prof Blog
Claims Arising Under Federal Law
By legalwriting
The Statutory Construction Blog advises us that the Supreme Court in Grable expanded the interpretation of "arising under" in terms of the "substantial federal question" doctrine under 28 U.S.C. 1331:…