Legislation and Regulation

Legislation and Regulation
Introduction to lawmaking in the modern statutory and administrative state. Examining the way Congress and administrative agencies adopt binding rules of law (statues and regulations, respectively) and the way the implementing institutions - courts and administrative agencies - interpret and apply these laws. Considering the theories and justifications behind modern legislative and regulatory behavior, the incentives that influence the behavior of various actors, and the legal rules that help structure the relationships among Congress, the agencies, and the courts.
LAW
535
 Hours3.0 Credit, 3.0 Lecture, 0.0 Lab
 PrerequisitesAdmission to law school.
 TaughtWinter
Course Outcomes

Lawmaking

Students will gain an understanding of lawmaking in the modern statutory and administrative state.

Statutory Interpretation

Students will be able to confidently identify the strongest arguments for a given interpretation of statutory language and describe the ways in which Congress and administrative agencies adopt binding rules of law and the ways in which implementing instituations interpret and apply these laws.

Critique and Application

Students will be able to critique and apply in practice all of the following: textualist and dynamic methods of interpretation; the major canons of construction; the practice of consulting legislative history; and the rules of judicial deference to agency interpretations.