Legislation & Regulation
LAW 742 | 2 Hours
This course provides an introduction to public law: to the world of statutes and regulations, the legislatures and agencies that are involved in their enactment or promulgation, and the legal skills involved in writing, reading, and interpreting statutes and regulations. Special attention will be given to general theories of statutory interpretation, the specific tools courts use to interpret statutes, the role agencies may play in interpreting statutes, and the effect of such agency action on judicial interpretation. This course is not a substitute for the upper-level Administrative Law course, but will provide a substantial introduction to legal interpretation in the modern regulatory state, one that may be useful across a range of upper-year courses and that provides skills that are essential for the contemporary legal practitioner.