This book is the first to compare the freedoms and protections of members of the United States Congress with those of Britain’s Parliament. Placing legislative privilege in historical context, Josh Chafetz explores how and why legislators in Britain and America have been granted special privileges in five areas: jurisdictional conflicts between the courts and the legislative houses, freedom of speech, freedom from civil arrest, contested elections, and the disciplinary powers of the houses. Legislative privilege is a crucial component of the relationship between a representative body and the other participants in government, including the people. In recounting and analyzing the remarkable story of how parliamentary government emerged and evolved in Britain and how it crossed the Atlantic, Chafetz illuminates a variety of important constitutional issues, including the separation of powers, the nature of representation, and the difference between written and unwritten constitutionalism. This book will inspire in readers a much greater appreciation for the rise and triumph of democracy.

Democracy’s Privileged Few: Legislative Privilege and Democratic Norms in the British and American Constitutions

Politics & Social Sciences

Chafetz, Josh

Politics & Government

Yale University Press

A leading scholar of Congress and the Constitution analyzes Congress’s surprisingly potent set of tools in the system of checks and balances. Congress is widely supposed to be the least effective branch of the federal government. But as Josh Chafetz shows in this boldly original analysis, Congress in fact has numerous powerful tools at its disposal in its conflicts with the other branches. These tools include the power of the purse, the contempt power, freedom of speech and debate, and more. Drawing extensively on the historical development of Anglo-American legislatures from the seventeenth century to the present, Chafetz concludes that these tools are all means by which Congress and its members battle for public support. When Congress uses them to engage successfully with the public, it increases its power vis-à-vis the other branches; when it does not, it loses power. This groundbreaking take on the separation of powers will be of interest to both legal scholars and political scientists.

Congress's Constitution: Legislative Authority and the Separation of Powers

History

Americas

Cases and Materials on Legislation and Regulation, Statutes and the Creation of Public Policy, 6th, 2023 Supplement (American Casebook Series)

Eskridge Jr., William

Brudney, James

West Academic Publishing

Suitable for students or practitioners, this authoritative overview of the legislative process and statutory interpretation moves smoothly and understandably between the theoretical and the practical. You'll find in-depth discussion of such topics as theories of legislation and representation, electoral and legislative structures, the role of text and precedent in statutory interpretation, substantive canons, legislative history, and agency interpretations. Reap the benefits of the authors' experience, opinions, and insight and gain a working knowledge of the area.

Legislation and Statutory Interpretation (Concepts and Insights)

Legal Theory & Systems

Foundation Press

This supplement brings the principal text current with recent developments in the law.

Legislation and Regulation, Statutes and the Creation of Public Policy, 5th, 2018 Supplement (American Casebook Series)

Eskridge Jr., William N.

The 2021 Supplement incorporates important developments that have arisen or deepened since the publication of the sixth edition of the casebook in 2020. These developments include Notes on Reconciliation and the Filibuster in Chapter 1; Supreme Court decisions addressed to the law of representational structures in Chapter 2 (Brnovich v. Democratic National Committee) and to theories of statutory interpretation in Chapter 5 (Bostock v. Clayton County and Niz-Chavez v. Garland); extended Notes on original public meaning and a newer textualism in Chapter 5 and a Note on continuing debate over the series qualifier canon in Chapter 6 (Facebook Inc. v. Duguid). The Supplement further includes treatment of a number of recent Supreme Court decisions in Chapter 8, on appointment and removal (Seila Law LLC v. Consumer Finance Protection Bureau; Collins v. Yellin; and United States v. Arthrex); on notice and comment rulemaking (Federal Communications Commission v. Prometheus Radio Project); and on judicial review of agency rules (Department of Homeland Security v. Regents of the Univ. of California); and an extended Note on Executive Orders and the Regulatory Process in the Trump and Biden Eras. Finally, the Supplement covers a recent Supreme Court decision addressing deference to agency interpretations in Chapter 9 (Epic Systems Corp. v. Lewis).

Cases and Materials on Legislation and Regulation, Statutes and the Creation of Public Policy, 6th, 2021 Supplement (American Casebook Series)

The Sixth Edition offers a comprehensive and up-to-date introduction to the vital field of legislation and regulation. It addresses efforts by President Trump to curtail the powers of the administrative state, and new Supreme Court decisions reviewing challenges to these efforts under the Constitution and the Administrative Procedure Act. In addition, the Sixth Edition expands its celebrated treatment of statutory interpretation, examining recent debates among textualists, legal process advocates, and pragmatists about future directions of interpretation in a post-Scalia era. The new edition also creates separate chapters addressed to intrinsic interpretive doctrines (dictionaries and canons) and extrinsic doctrines (the common law, legislative background, and other statutes), with each chapter highlighting recent decisions by the Supreme Court. Finally, the Sixth Edition includes important updates on the law of the legislative process―notably developments addressed to equality in representation; racial and national origin vote dilution; political gerrymandering; and bribery of public officials. The Sixth Edition makes a uniquely rich contribution to the field: it is perfect for 1L Legislation and Legislation-Regulation (LegReg) courses, and it remains the go-to book for upper level courses.

Cases and Materials on Legislation and Regulation: Statutes and the Creation of Public Policy (American Casebook Series)

Frickey, Philip

Garrett, Elizabeth

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Democracy’s Privileged Few: Legislative Privilege and Democratic Norms in the British and American Constitutions

Congress's Constitution: Legislative Authority and the Separation of Powers

Congress's Constitution: Legislative Authority and the Separation of Powers

Cases and Materials on Legislation and Regulation, Statutes and the Creation of Public Policy, 6th, 2023 Supplement (American Casebook Series)

Legislation and Statutory Interpretation (Concepts and Insights)

Legislation and Regulation, Statutes and the Creation of Public Policy, 5th, 2018 Supplement (American Casebook Series)

Cases and Materials on Legislation and Regulation, Statutes and the Creation of Public Policy, 6th, 2021 Supplement (American Casebook Series)

Cases and Materials on Legislation and Regulation: Statutes and the Creation of Public Policy (American Casebook Series)