CHAPTER 1. Laws and Judges 1
CHAPTER 2. Why We Need to Interpret Statutes 16
CHAPTER 3. Definitions, Ordinary Meaning, and Respect for the Legislature 50
CHAPTER 4. The Intent of the Legislature 82
CHAPTER 5. Stability, Dynamism, and Other Values 120
CHAPTER 6. Who Should Interpret Statutes? 160
CHAPTER 7. Jurors as Statutory Interpreters 196
CHAPTER 8. Legislatures, Judges, and Statutory Interpretation 223
APPENDIX.Two Mail Fraud Jury Instructions 231
Notes 237
List of Cases 283
Index 285