Misreading Law, Misreading Democracy

Victoria Nourse argues that lawyers must be educated on the basic procedures that define how Congress operates today. Lawmaking creates winners and losers. If lawyers and judges do not understand this, they may embrace the meanings of those who opposed legislation, turning legislative losers into judicial winners and standing democracy on its head.

About the author

Victoria Nourse is Professor of Law and Director of the Center on Congressional Studies at Georgetown Law School.

Summary

Victoria Nourse argues that lawyers must be educated on the basic procedures that define how Congress operates today. Lawmaking creates winners and losers. If lawyers and judges do not understand this, they may embrace the meanings of those who opposed legislation, turning legislative losers into judicial winners and standing democracy on its head.

Product details

• Authors: Victoria Nourse, Victoria F. Nourse, Nourse Victoria
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.09.2016
• EAN: 9780674971417
• ISBN: 978-0-674-97141-7
• No. of pages: 272
• Subjects: Fiction > Gift books, albums, perpetual calendars, postcard booklets; Humanities, art, music > History; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; LAW / Legal History, LAW / Courts, LAW / Legal Profession, LAW / Trial Practice, Legal History, Higher & further education, tertiary education, Higher education, tertiary education, Courts & procedure, Legal systems: courts and procedures, Legal profession: general, EDUCATION / Schools / Levels / Higher, Legal profession / practice of law: general