LibGuides: Federal Legislative History Basics: How to Use Legislative History

How to Use Legislative History

For guidance on the use of legislative history in statutory construction consult the following representative selection of materials in the Chastek Library:

Statutes and Statutory Construction by Norman J. Singer & J.D. Shambie Singer
Call Number: KF425 .S97 2007 - Third Floor
Using Legislative History in American Statutory Interpretation by Christian E. Mammen
Call Number: KF425 .M36 2002 - Third Floor
What Good Is Legislative History? Justice Scalia in the Federal Courts of Appeal by Joseph L. Gerken
Call Number: KF425 .G47 2007 - Third Floor
Statutory Default Rules: How to Interpret Unclear Legislation by Einer Elhauge
Call Number: KF425 .E44 2008 - Third Floor
Legislation and Statutory Interpretation, 2d edition by William N. Eskridge; Philip P. Frickey; Elizabeth Garrett
Call Number: KF425 .E835 2006 - Reserve
The Judicial Role: Statutory Interpretation and the Pragmatic Judicial Partner by William D. Popkin
Call Number: KF425 .P6695 2013 - Third Floor
Judging Statutes by Robert A. Katzmann
Call Number: KF425 .K38 2014
Plain English for Drafting Statutes and Rules by Robert J. Martineau
Call Number: KF250 .M365 2012 - Third Floor (2 copies)