Legislation and Regulation
Introduction to legislation and regulation in the American legal system, covering statutes, regulations, and the institutions that make this law.
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Explain the role of legislatures, administrative agencies, and courts in the U.S. legal system
Explain the relationship between and among these institutions
Describe the role that lawyers play in furthering their clients’ interests in each of these institutions
Explain the differences in the forms of legal argument that occur in these different institutions
Relay how courts interpret statutes
Describe how administrative agencies interpret and implement statutes
Describe how courts oversee the interpretation and implementation of statutes by administrative agencies
Source: UW Guide
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Legislation and regulation play the dominant role in shaping law in the modern American legal system. All lawyers, irrespective of the area of law must understand statutes and regulations. An introduction providing a deeper understanding of these forms of law and the institutions that make this law, and to help them better appreciate the role that lawyers play in the American legal system as it operates in practice. To think like a lawyer, and hence to represent or advise clients, requires an ability to do so in the context of the regulatory state.
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- Forms of law and institutions making legislation and regulation
- Roles of legislatures, administrative agencies, and courts
- Forms of legal argument across institutions
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- Explain statutory interpretation by courts
- Describe judicial oversight of agency statutory interpretation and implementation
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