Between the lines: interpreting welfare rights

Judicial interpretation of federal statutes has often been at the center of political controversy in recent years. In fact, it would be difficult to find a domestic policy area in which statutory interpretation by the federal courts has not played a significant role in shaping the activities of gove...

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1. Verfasser: Melnick, R. S. (VerfasserIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Washington, D.C. Brookings Inst. 1994
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Zusammenfassung:Judicial interpretation of federal statutes has often been at the center of political controversy in recent years. In fact, it would be difficult to find a domestic policy area in which statutory interpretation by the federal courts has not played a significant role in shaping the activities of government. In most important cases, judges base their interpretation not on the letter of the law but on their reading of its history, purpose, and spirit
What judges discover between the lines of statutes often has major policy consequences
This book examines how statutory interpretation has affected the development of three programs: aid to families with dependent children, education for the handicapped, and food stamps. It explores how these decisions have changed state and national policies and how other institutions - especially Congress - have reacted to them
Beschreibung:XI, 344 S.
ISBN:081575664X
0815756631

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