Contents
Preface
Introduction
Part I. The Evolution of Statutory Interpretation: English Antecedents and United States Experience
1. English History
2. The United States: From the Revolution to the Founding
3. The United States: Nineteenth Century
4. From 1900 to the 1960s: Purposive Interpretation
Part II. Contemporary Statutory Interpretation
5. Giving Judges as Little to Do as Possible: The Rise of Modern Textualism
6. Giving Judges Something to Do: Republicanism and Substantive Canons
7. Ordinary Judging
Notes
Index of Cases
Index