GettingtoMaybe_HowtoExcelonLawSchoolExam.epub

For Pam and Laurie "Knowledge is free for those who seek it..." Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2011. Cracked and Scrubbed by Tashfin in 2013. Happy Reading! http://www.archive.org/details/gettingtomaybehoOOfisc viii Contents 2. Where Do Purposes Come From? 40 a. Legislative intent 40 b. Policy analysis 42 3. Purposes as a Source of Statutory Ambiguity 43 a. Competing purposes 43 b. The pattern of conflict: Broad vs. narrow purposes 46 4. Language as a Source of Statutory Ambiguity: Competing Meanings 48 B. Fact Situations To Watch For 52 Chapter 5 Forks in the Law: Competing Interpretations of Caselaw 55 A. Desperately Seeking Similarity: When To Follow Precedent 56 B. Searching for Distinctions that Make a Difference 57 C. Patterns of Ambiguity To Watch For 59 D. Dealing with Multiple Cases 64 Chapter 6 Forks in the Facts 67 A. How Law Creates Forks in the Facts: Why Categories Matter 68 ......