Event Title

Introductory Remarks

Presenter Information

Marshall J. Breger

Location

Duke Law School

Start Date

6-3-1987 9:15 AM

End Date

6-3-1987 10:00 AM

Description

In the interpretation of any statute, there are at least three sources of understanding one can look to: the text, the legislators who penned it, and the judges who interpret it. The methodological problem for lawyers is how to make use of each source of knowledge in attempting to know the law. Judges Abner Mikva and Kenneth Starr, both from the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, join issue in the following debate about the correct weight, if any, to give to legislative history in interpreting a statute's meaning.

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Marshall J. Breger, Introductory Remarks, 1987 Duke Law Journal 362-370 (1987)

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Introductory Remarks

Duke Law School

In the interpretation of any statute, there are at least three sources of understanding one can look to: the text, the legislators who penned it, and the judges who interpret it. The methodological problem for lawyers is how to make use of each source of knowledge in attempting to know the law. Judges Abner Mikva and Kenneth Starr, both from the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, join issue in the following debate about the correct weight, if any, to give to legislative history in interpreting a statute's meaning.