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Statutory Interpretation

2nd Edition
Caleb Nelson
ISBN: 9781685612832
Subject: Legislation
Format: Print - Hardbound
Page Count: 1377
Copyright: 2024 | Status: In Stock
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This casebook aspires to help students understand and think systematically about the techniques of statutory interpretation. It blends exposition with illustrative judicial opinions, and it features extensive notes that encourage thoughtful analysis of difficult concepts. Topics include the relationship between text and purpose, canons of construction, the use of legislative history, statutory stare decisis, the interaction between statutes and other sources of law (including the Constitution, other statutes, and the common law), federal preemption of state law, Chevron and Auer deference, and how the interpretation or application of a statute might change as the statute ages. The book is suitable for a full-length, stand-alone course on statutory interpretation.


Imprint: Foundation Press
Series: University Casebook Series
Publication Date: 12/07/2023

Caleb Nelson, University of Virginia School of Law

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Major changes from the first edition include:

  • Extensively revised notes
  • Many new principal cases, including Bostock v. Clayton County, Yates v. United States, Morrison v. National Australia Bank, Kimble v. Marvel Entertainment, Epic Systems Corp. v. Lewis, Bond v. United States, West Virginia v. EPA, Kisor v. Wilkie, and more
  • Expanded coverage of federal administrative agencies, including a new section on the major-questions doctrine
  • New material about severability
  • Extensively revised material about the presumption against extraterritoriality
  • New section on the last-antecedent rule and the series-qualifier canon
  • Revised material about federal preemption of state law
  • Revised material about statutes that provide instructions for interpreting future statutes
  • New section on “reference statutes”

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