Judging under Uncertainty

An Institutional Theory of Legal Interpretation

Szerző: Adrian Vermeule

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Kötés: Kemény kötésű

Kiadó: Harvard University Press

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How should judges, in America and elsewhere, interpret statutes and the Constitution? Previous work...

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Szerző

Adrian Vermeule

Nyelv

Angol

Kötés

Könyv - Kemény kötésű

Kiadva

2006

oldal

346

EAN

9780674022102

ISBN

0674022106

Enbook ID

04634878

Kiadó

Harvard University Press

Súly

704

Méretek

164 x 245 x 27

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How should judges, in America and elsewhere, interpret statutes and the Constitution? Previous work on these fundamental questions has typically started from abstract views about the nature of democracy or constitutionalism, or the nature of legal language, or the essence of the rule of law. From these conceptual premises, theorists typically deduce an ambitious role for judges, particularly in striking down statutes on constitutional grounds. In this book, Adrian Vermeule breaks new ground by rejecting both the conceptual approach and the judge-centred conclusions of older theorists. Vermeule shows that any approach to legal interpretation rests on institutional and empirical premises about the capacities of judges and the systemic effects of their rulings. Drawing upon a range of social science tools from political science, economics, decision theory and other disciplines, he argues that legal interpretation is above all an exercise in decision-making under severe empirical uncertainty. In view of their limited information and competence, judges should adopt a restrictive, unambitious set of tools for interpreting statutory and constitutional provisions, deferring to administrative agencies where statutes are nuclear and deferring to legislatures where constitutional language is unclear or states general aspirations.

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