Document Type
Book Review
Publication Date
10-2000
Journal Title
American Journal of Legal History
ISSN
2161-797X
Abstract
Book Review Extract:
In his well-written and well-argued book, William D. Popkin delivers on the promise denoted in his title. Part I of the book details the Anglo-American history of statutory interpretation. Part 11 begins by surveying the most important contemporary theories in the field of statutory interpretation. Part 11 ends with the author's rejection of these theories and the exposition of his own theory, which he calls "ordinary judging." Popkin argues that his is "the best perspective for understanding the discretionary judicial role [in interpreting statutes] . . . whereby judges indulge a modest competence to contribute to good government" (p. 3)
First Page
462
Last Page
464
Num Pages
3
Volume Number
44
Issue Number
4
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Recommended Citation
Stephen R. Alton,
Book Review - Reviewing William D. Popkin, Statutes in Court: The History and Theory of Statutory Interpretation (1999),
44
Am. J. Legal Hist.
462
(2000).
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