The Yale Law Journal

Victoria F. Nourse

Article

A Decision Theory of Statutory Interpretation: Legislative History by the Rules

Victoria F. Nourse


122 Yale L.J. 70 (2012).

We have a law of civil procedure, criminal procedure, and administrative procedure, but we have no law of legislative procedure. This failure has serious consequences in the field of statutory interpretation. Using simple rules garnered from Congress itself, this Article ar…