Failures of American Methods of Lawmaking in Historical and Comparative Perspectives (eBook)

James R. Maxeiner (Autor)

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2018
Cambridge University Press (Verlag)
978-1-108-18742-8 (ISBN)

Infos

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.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 8.3.2018
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Recht / Steuern ► Allgemeines / Lexika
• Themenwelt: Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht
• ISBN-10: 1-108-18742-0 / 1108187420
• ISBN-13: 978-1-108-18742-8 / 9781108187428