LAW 709 - Legislation & Regulation

Course Type: Upper Level Elective
Credits: 3

Description: This course will introduce you to the modern statutory and regulatory state. It explores the regulatory state from the perspectives of Congress and agencies as well as judges. The materials survey the empirical realities and rules under which Congress enacts statutes, the President and agencies implement them, and courts review agencies and interpret statutes. Importantly, we will examine the constitutional and functional structures within which Congress, the President, and the Supreme Court interact. Topics will include: the legislative process; the history and theories of the administrative state; interactions among agencies, the legislature, and courts; administrative law; and the theory and practice of statutory interpretation, including canons of construction, sources of interpretation, and current debates over theories of interpretation.