Statutor Default Rules: How to Interpret Unclear Legislation

by EElhauge (Author)

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  Hardcover
  2008

  $101.58

  Focuses on what judges should do once legal materials fail to resolve interpretive questions. This book challenges the common assumption that in such cases judges should exercise interstitial lawmaking power. It argues that judges can use statutory default rules that are designed to maximize the satisfaction of enactable political preferences.