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Misreading Law, Misreading Democracy

Hardcover • 2016 • 1. edition

Misreading Law, Misreading Democracy

By Victoria Nourse

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American law schools extol democracy but teach little about its most basic institution, the Congress. Interpreting statutes is lawyers' most basic task, but law professors rarely focus on how statutes are made. This misguided pedagogy, says Victoria Nourse, undercuts the core of legal practice. It may even threaten the continued functioning of American democracy, as contempt for the legislature becomes entrenched in legal education and judicial opinions. Misreading Law, Misreading Democracy turn...Show more

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9780674971417

Publisher

Harvard University Press

Published year

2016

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Misreading Law, Misreading Democracy

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Hardcover

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