Spring 2025

5378 Statutory Interpretation and Regulation - BLEVINS- 12205

Professor(s): John Blevins (VISITING)

Credits: 3

Course Areas: Transfer Students

Time: 4:00p-5:30p MW Location:

Course Outline: This course introduces students to the role of statutes and administrative regulation in the practice of law today. The course covers, as its primary subject, the interpretation of statutes and regulations. This element includes the close reading of one or more complex statutes. The course also covers, as a second element, basic aspects of administrative law: in particular, how agencies implement and enforce statutes and regulations. The course may also include other elements, such as legislative process or regulatory policy.

Course Syllabus: Syllabus

Course Notes: (Synchronous – On Campus Exams) The UH registration system instruction mode for this course is listed in parenthesis. Contrary to the UH information, some student materials may not be available online, such as an assigned casebook. A physical classroom may be assigned for this course to give students a location in the Law Center to join the virtual class sessions. If the course has a final examination, it will be conducted in a classroom in face-to-face mode requiring your physical presence. Other assessment, such as a mid-term exam, may also be in a classroom.

Prerequisites:

First Day Assignments:

Final Exam Schedule: 5/7/2025 2-5pm

This course will have:
Exam:
Paper:

Satisfies Senior Upper Level Writing Requirement: No

Experiential Course Type: No

Bar Course: No

DistanceEd ABA: Yes

Pass-Fail Student Election: Unavailable (Required Course)

Course Materials

Book(s) Required

Course Materials: William N. Eskridge, Jr., Abbe R. Gluck, and Victoria F. Nourse, Statutes, Regulation, and Interpretation: Legislation & Administration in the Republic of Statutes (West Academic 2014) [hereinafter "Casebook"], and • William N. Eskridge, Jr., Abbe R. Gluck, and Victoria F. Nourse, Supplement to Statutes, Regulation, and Interpretation: Legislation & Administration in the Republic of Statutes (West Academic 2021) [hereinafter "Supplement"].