Cases and Materials on Legislation, Statutes and the Creation of Public Policy

by William N. Eskridge Jr., Philip P. Frickey, Elizabeth Garrett

The fourth edition maintains the pathbreaking materials on theories of legislation, the legislative process, representational structures, campaign finance, regulation of lobbying, direct democracy, the relation of statutes and the common law, statutory interpretation, and statutory implementation. The new edition features up-to-date coverage of the Honest Leadership and Open Government Act of 2007, as well as substantially expanded coverage of judicial deference to administrative agency interpretation.

Genres: Law, Nonfiction, Textbooks

1367 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1988

Reviews

[Paul · Rating 1 out of 5]

Huffing chloroform is less soporific than the content of this casebook. I also find it extremely odd how the cases are edited, they take all of the analysis from the opinion and leave you with the most boring history lessons ever discussed. Do yourself a favor and just use Westlaw to read the cases. Additionally, the authors are discernibly biased toward the left and prefer editorializing on their political agenda to actually providing rules or allowing students to know the opinions of the courts.

[Caleb · Rating 1 out of 5]

Way too long; I could write a more appropriate textbook if someone paid my salary for five months (maybe four).

[Courtney · Rating 1 out of 5]

The organization of this casebook is just awful.