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图书目录:PREFACE
PART I: THE LEGISLATIVEE PROCESS Chapter 1. Four Ftmdamental Ideas A. Legislation Is Important B. Obligation to Petition C. The Forces at Work D. Legislation Is Words Chapter 2. Legislative Institutions A. How Legislatures Vary--And Don't A. How Legislatures Vary--And Don't-- Continued B. The Universal Institution C, The Members Chapter 3. Processing Bills A. Due Process of Legislation B. Bill Passing Mandates and Rules C. Typical Hurdles in One House D. The Other House and the Executive D. The Other House and the Executive--- Continued E. Judicial Supervision of Legislative Pro- cedure . Chapter 4. Legislative Advocacy A. To Move the Legislature B. Choosing Authors C. Making a Consensus C. Making a Consensus--Continued D. Tactic of Softening Issues E. Other Tactics and Some Realities F. Appropriations Advocacy PART H: MAKING A BILL Chapter 5. Ideas for Legislation A. Sources of Ideas and Bills B. Bill Creation as a Governmental Process C. Search for Sanctions Chapter 6. Bill Drafting A. Bill Drafting Techniques A. Bill Drafting Techniques--Continued B. Mandatory Provisions C. Sometimes Useful Provisions D. Definitions E, Common Drafting Errors E. Common Drafting Errors--Continued F. Tactical Drafting G. Packaging Bills PART III: PERSPECTIVES ON LEGISLATIVE POWER Chapter 7. Legislative Policy Making A. Sources of Legislative Power A. Sources of Legislative Power--Continued B. Character of Legislative Law C. Form of Legislative Law Chapter 8. Running Government A. Legislature as Operator of Government B. Legislature as Allocator of Resources.__ B. Legislature as Allocator of Resources-- Continued C. Legislature as Investigator Chapter 9. Limitations on Power A. Practical Limitations on Legislative Power B. Legal Limitations on Legislative Power C. Structural Limitations on Legislative Power D. Direct Democracy Chapter 10. The Struggle for Legislative Power A. Apportionment B. The Conduct of Elections and Campaigns ~ 41-1. Election Law ~ 41-2. A Decade of Campaign Reform 254 ~ 41-3. An Evaluation of Campaign Financing Reform ~ 41-4. Proposals and Prospects C. Legislator Election Challenges ~ 42-1. House Judge of Own Members ~ 42-2. Exceptions PART IV: IMPACT OF CONSTITUTIONS Chapter 11. Constitutional Tests of Legislation A. Judicial Review of Constitutionality ~ 43-1. Source and Reason for the Power ~ 43-2. Judicial Restraint ~ 43-3. Presumption of Constitutionality A. Judicial Review of Constitutionality- Continued ~ 43-4. Severability ~ 43-5. Effect of a Declaration of Inva- lidity B. Legislator's Duty to Uphold Constitution ~ 44-1. Oath of Office ~ 44-2. Practical Reasons for Legisla- tors' Duty ~ 44-3. Temptation to Defer on Consti- tutional Questions C. Major Foundations for Constitutional Challenge ~ 45-1. Constitutional Pegs ~ 45-2. Preferred Freedoms ~ 45-3. Equal Protection ~ 45-4. Procedural Due Process ~ 45-5. Substantive Due Process ~ 45-6. Ebb and Flow of Preferred Pegs Chapter 12. Constitutional Rules Aimed at Legislatures A. Special Legislation ~ 46-1. The Vice of Special Legislation ~ 46-2. Bogus General Legislation......_ B. Non-Retroactivity ~ 47-1. Unfairness ~ 47-2. Curative Acts ~ 47--3. Procedural--Substantive Dis- tinction ~ 47-4. Ex Post Facto Criminal Laws ~ 47--,5. Bills of Attainder C. Delegation of Power ~ 48-1. Traditional Rules on Delegation ~ 48-2. Professor Davis' Suggestions ~ 48-3. Incorporation by Reference ~ 48-4. Voter Referenda Prohibited D. Title and Double Subject ~ 49-1. Double Subject ~ 49-2. Title PART V. STATUTORY INTERPRETATION Chapter 13. Fundamentals of Statutory Interpretation A. Legislative Intent and Statutory Inter- pretation ~ 51-1. Statutory Interpretation De- ~ fined ~ 51-2. The Rule of Legislative Intent ~ 51-3. Purpose Approach ~ 51-4. Plain-Meaning Approach and Golden Rule Exception ~ 51-5. A Legislature's Attitude B. Interpreting With an Eye to the Bill Passing Process ~ 52-1. Intent Comes From the Process ~ 52-2. Look at the Session Law, Not Just the Compilation C. Readers of Statutes and Their Attitudes ~ 53-1: The Reader's Bias ~ 53-2. Find Meaning of Statute, Then Apply It ~ 53-3. Attitudes Toward Legislative Supremacy C. Readers of Statutes and Their Atti- tudes--Continued ~ 53-4. Legislative Imperfection ~ 53--5. Aged Statutes ~ 53-6. With an Eye to the Legislature D. Canons of Statutory Construction ~ 54-1. More for Writers Than Readers ~ 54-2. Strict or Liberal Interpretation ~ 54-3. Intent to Change Law; Whole Statute Given Effect ~ 54-4. Repeal; Non-Use ~ 54-5. Some Bits of Latin ~ 54-6. Some Bits of English E. Legislative History ~ 55-1. Legislative History as Extrinsic Guide ~ 55-2. The Problems of Legislative History ~ 55-3. What to Do With Legislative History ~ 55-4. Drafter's Commentary Chapter 14. The Lawmaking Roles of Courts and Legislatures.. A. The Separateness of Courts and Legisla- tures ~ 56-1. Interpreting With an Eye to the Court ~ 56-2. Separation of Powers ~ 56-3. A Continuum of Judicial Defer- ence ~ 56-4. Historical Conflicts ~ 56-6. Competing Constituencies B. The Partnership of Courts and Legisla- tures ~ 57-1. Merging Constituencies; Shared Responsibility ~ 57-2. Reasoning From Statutes INDEX |