Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2011
Abstract
Determining legislative intent is one of the key roles that the judicial system plays in Michigan, and legislative history can be a useful tool for evaluating the intent of the legislature when enacting a law. However, legislative history resources can be difficult to gather and some resources may not be persuasive in Michigan courts. This article provides a brief description of the Michigan legislative process, the court’s view of using legislative history to determine legislative intent, and a list of Michigan legislative history resources.
Recommended Citation
Brown, Kincaid C. "Legislative Intent and Legislative History in Michigan,” Legal Reference Services Q., 30, no. 1-2 (2011): 51-61.
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Comments
Taylor & Francis does not allow for full text inclusion in institutional repositories and restricts inclusion to a pre-publication version of the work with the following mandated note: This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published in Legal Reference Services Quarterly in 2011, available onine: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/0270319X.2011.585321