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Legislative Constitutional Interpretation

Legislative Constitutional Interpretation is a formal hermeneutic framework through which legislative bodies ascertain the meaning and application of constitutional provisions within the process of enacting or amending statutes, distinguished from judicial or scholarly interpretation by its institutional origin and normative authority in shaping constitutionally consistent legislation.

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43

Authors

22

Institutions

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2017–2026

4

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Publications

37

Statutory Interpretation: In the Classroom and in the Courtroom

Richard A. Posner · The University of Chicago Law Review · 1983 · 126 citations

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The Judiciary Is a They, Not an It: Two Fallacies of Interpretive Theory

Adrian Vermeule · SSRN Electronic Journal · 2003 · 95 citations · Full text

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The Interpretation-Construction Distinction

Lawrence B. Solum · Constitutional commentary · 2010 · 79 citations · Full text

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On the Interpretability of Law: Lessons from the Decoding of National Constitutions

Tom Ginsburg, James Melton, Zachary Elkins et al. · eYLS (Yale Law School) · 2013 · 78 citations

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Constitutional Regulation of Legislative Choice: The Political Consequences of Judicial Deference to Legislatures

William H. Riker, Barry R. Weingast · Virginia Law Review · 1988 · 75 citations

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Authors

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  1. TG
    Tom Ginsburg

    University of Chicago, United States

    3 publications · 150 citations

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  2. ZE
    Zachary Elkins

    The University of Texas at Austin, United States

    2 publications · 134 citations

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  3. KR
    Kent Roach

    University of Toronto, Canada

    2 publications · 24 citations

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  4. KL
    Kalev Leetaru

    University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, United States

    2 publications · 134 citations

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  5. JM
    James Melton

    University of Chicago, United States

    2 publications · 134 citations

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Institutions

22

  1. University of Chicago

    Chicago, United States

    4 h-index

    4 publications

    255 citations

  2. University College London

    London, United Kingdom

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    134 citations

  3. University of Hong Kong

    Pok Fu Lam, Hong Kong

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    22 citations

  4. Chinese University of Hong Kong

    Hong Kong, Hong Kong

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    20 citations

  5. University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

    Urbana, United States

    2 h-index

    4 publications

    290 citations

  6. William & Mary

    Williamsburg, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    49 citations

  7. University of Illinois Chicago

    Chicago, United States

    1 h-index

    3 publications

    234 citations

  8. University of Edinburgh

    Edinburgh, United Kingdom

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    20 citations

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Venues

  1. SSRN Electronic Journal

    Repository · 4 publications · 144 citations

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  2. eYLS (Yale Law School)

    Repository · 3 publications · 118 citations

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  3. International Journal of Constitutional Law

    3 publications · 42 citations

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  4. The University of Chicago Law Review

    2 publications · 178 citations

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  5. Constitutional commentary

    2 publications · 93 citations

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