Legislation and Regulation University of Virginia
This outline was prepared for Legislation as taught by Prof. Caleb Nelson, the author of the textbook used (Statutory Interpretation).
The package includes a major outline, an attack (short) outline, and a case list with page numbers on each outline in case document searching is not allowed during an exam.
The outline covers 9 major topics including:
Purposivism vs. textualism (including implied exceptions, drafting errors, and rules vs. standards);
Canons of construction (including descriptive canons, normative canons, and conflicts between canons);
Legislative history (including modern and historical approaches);
Stare decisis;
The interplay between federal statutes (including in pari materia, implied repeals, and interpretative statutes);
Federal statutes vs. common/general law;
Chevron and administrative law;
Federalism (including preemption); and
Statutes over time.
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