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I owe much to James Madison, that diminutive giant, one of the founding architects of our constitutional structure. In my pre-bench, academic days, much of my work focused on the challenges of governance, on the ways that our institutions operate, and on the obstacles to and steps toward the more ef...

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Published inThe Embattled Constitution p. 297
Main Authors DeJulio, Catharine, Dorsen, Norman
Format Book Chapter
LanguageEnglish
Published United States NYU Press 07.06.2013
New York University Press
Subjects
Appellate court proceedings
Congressional committees
Congressional legislation
Constitution: government & the state
Constitutional & administrative law
Government
Government officials
Judges
Judicial officers
Judicial review
Judicial system
Law
Legal proceedings
Legislation
Legislative bodies
Legislators
Political science
Senators
Statutory interpretation
Statutory law
United States Congress
United States Senate
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ISBN0814770126
9780814770122

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Summary:I owe much to James Madison, that diminutive giant, one of the founding architects of our constitutional structure. In my pre-bench, academic days, much of my work focused on the challenges of governance, on the ways that our institutions operate, and on the obstacles to and steps toward the more effective functioning of government. My research and writing concentrated on a range of subjects having to do with governance, including the determinants of agency discretion,¹ and how the institutions of national government—the legislative, executive, and judicial branches—affect outcomes over time.² I viewed lawmaking as a continuum of institutional
ISBN:0814770126
9780814770122