Penalty Default Interpretive Canons
Rebecca M. Kysar · bepress Legal Repository · 2011
Even modern public-choice theory-a school of political science rooted in cynicism of representatives' incentives-accepts a view of lawmakers that encompasses their pursuit of ideological preferences, in addition to campaign contributions and other rents.At times, however, the legal academy has not embraced such an expansive view of the theory.Daniel Shaviro, Beyond Public Choice and Public Interest: A Study of the Legislative Process as Illustrated by Tax Legislation in the 1980s, 139 U. PA.L. REV. 1, 66-68, 77 (1990).