Failures of American Methods of Lawmaking in Historical and Comparative Perspectives
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Failures of American Methods of Lawmaking in Historical and Comparative Perspectives by James R Maxeiner
In this book, James R. Maxeiner takes on the challenge of demonstrating that historically American law makers did consider a statutory methodology as part of formulating laws. In the nineteenth century, when the people wanted laws they could understand, lawyers inflicted judge-made, statute-destroying, common law on them. Maxeiner offers the cure for common law, in the form of sensible statute law. Building on this historical evidence, Maxeiner shows how rule-making in civil law jurisdictions in other countries makes for a far more equitable legal system. Sensible statute laws fit together: one statute governs, as opposed to several laws that even lawyers have trouble disentangling. In a statute law system, lawmakers make laws for the common good in sensible procedures, and judges apply sensible laws and do not make them. This book shows how such a system works in Germany and how it would be a solution for the American legal system as well.
Maxeiner, James R.: - James R. Maxeiner is the Associate Director of the Center for International and Comparative Law at the University of Baltimore.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781108731935 |
| ISBN 10 | 1108731937 |
| Title | Failures of American Methods of Lawmaking in Historical and Comparative Perspectives |
| Author | James R Maxeiner |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
| Year published | 2019-06-13 |
| Number of pages | 366 |
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