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Legislation and Regulation 4
LAW 1003

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Exam Type: In Class

This course is an introduction to lawmaking in the modern administrative state. It will examine the legislative process by which Congress passes statutes; theories of statutory interpretation (including purposivism and textualism); tools and techniques of statutory construction (including semantic canons, substantive canons and the use of legislative history); the structural position of administrative agencies in the constitutional system; the process of agency rulemaking; and judicial review of agency action.

School Harvard Law School
Credits 4
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Department Law School
Course Component Lecture
Subject Law
Grading Basis HLS Graded