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Legislator Uncertainty, Legislative Control, and the Delegation of Legislative Power

The Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization, 1986
On May 2, 1878, the House Commerce Committee favorably reported a bill "to regulate interstate commerce and to prohibit unjust discrimination by common carriers." Known as the Reagan bill, after the chairman, John Reagan, of Texas, H.R. 3547 outlawed rebates and other forms of discrimination and included a restrictive longand short-haul clause.
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Legislative Productivity of Elderly Legislators

Polity, 1980
Most research on the political interests and activities of the elderly has centered on their role as voters. Their participation, interest, and political commitment has been shown to be greater than that of most younger voters.1 Studies of party affiliation and of attitudes toward public issues suggest greater conservatism among older citizens ...
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Legislative Behavior and Legislative Oversight

Legislative Studies Quarterly, 1981
This article explores contrasting approaches to the study of oversight by state legislatures. A focus on individual orientations and behavior, which has dominated such study, reveals attempts by legislators to maximize credit, achieve concrete results, and avoid making additional trouble for themselves.
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Legislative Recruitment and Legislative Careers

Legislative Studies Quarterly, 1984
A long-standing line of inquiry in legislative research has dealt with the social backgrounds, recruitment, and career experiences of legislators. This review essay begins by considering the ways in which opportunities to serve in a legislative assembly are distributed in a variety of societies.
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The Legislators' View of the Legislative Process

Public Opinion Quarterly, 1954
The author here sheds some light on the problem when she describes the different ways legislators view elements of the legislative or decision-making process and suggests how these concepts affect ones view of the role of political parties, organized interest groups, and administrative departments.
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Legislative Powers: Delegated Legislation [PDF]

, 1985
In German law, as in common law, the executive has no inherent legislative powers. The executive can exercise only such legislative powers as are either specifically delegated to it by the legislature or are exceptionally given to it for very limited purpose and as a transitional measure under the Basic Law.1 In this respect German law clearly differs ...
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A Legislator Looks at Legislation

The International Journal of Ethics, 1937
T. V. Smith, Garland C. Routt
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Législation / Legislation

International Journal of Procedural Law, 2012
Caroline Kleiner, Michael Stürner
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Legislative Watch: State Legislative Bills

Campus Security Report, 2014
Ohio bill seeks to boost off‐campus fire safety Illinois to snuff out smoking on campus
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Legislators’ Intentions and Unintentional Legislation

1997
Abstract In this paper, I shall discuss the latest attempt in analytic jurisprudence to revive the view that reference to legislators’ intentions should play a role in the interpretation of statutes whose texts leave issues of meaning, purpose, or application unclear or controversial.
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