LAW-2098 Statutory Interpretation
This course explores current issues in the legal processes that generate and apply regulatory law. Topics include the role of lawyers both in administrative law and in the legislative process, the conventions of modern regulatory statutes, aspects of legislative process in the making of regulatory law, selected topics in administrative rulemaking and adjudication, enforcement issues, and judicial review of agency action, including issues of statutory interpretation. This seminar is appropriate for students seeking a more advanced understanding of the lawyer's role in regulatory fields of practice, such as financial regulation, communications, environmental, health care, education, labor, business entities, taxation and bankruptcy, to name a few.