Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1985
Publication Citation
22 Harvard Journal on Legislation 173 (1985)
Abstract
Members of the legal profession continually confront problems of statutory interpretation. Unfortunately, most lawyers have been inadequately trained to read and to draft statutes, resulting in poorly reasoned judicial decisions and policy choices.
In this Article, Professor Dickerson explores common problems associated with statutory interpretation. In exploring these problems, he describes the cognitive process involved in reading a statute and the large fund of tacit assumptions that condition this process. Through a case study analysis, he suggests a method of approaching problems of statutory interpretation.
Recommended Citation
Dickerson, Reed, "Obscene Telephone Calls: An Introduction to the Reading of Statutes" (1985). Articles by Maurer Faculty. 1531.
https://www.repository.law.indiana.edu/facpub/1531