In this vibrant new book for your legislation course, Abner Mikva & Eric lane draw on their extensive experience at all levels of government to offer a modern analysis of the legislative process. LEGISLATIVE PROCESS blends text, cases, & numberous problems with excerpts from the Congressional Record, committee reports, bills, Constitutional background, & other materials to give students a thorough understanding of the role of legislation in the lawmaking process. The authors introduce good teaching cases to illustrate the judicial role in the process. The problems in the book place students in the legislative & practical setting of a lawyer applying statutes. In a four-part structure, the authors: explore a setting for studying the legislative process, including a brief introduction & careful examination of one statute's progress through the legislative process (followed throughout the book) comment on American legislatures from their organization & functions to the formal enactment process discuss the broader, legitimizing elements of the process, including elections, lobbying, the Congressional Record, & the legislative veto analyze the interpretation of statutes, including application by courts Hypotheticals & case studies throughout the book challenge students to evaluate aspects of the process & consider alternatives. And an in-depth Teacher's Manual details these exercises & provides suggestions for teaching the course. For your upcoming legislation course, give your students a stimulating & highly accessible book by two authors with extensive state & federal legislative experience. Adopt Mikva & Lane's new LEGISLATIVE PROCESS!