Download This PaperThe Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime: Interstate Compacts and Textual Silence
Rutgers Law Record, Vol. 51, 2023
University of Baltimore School of Law Legal Studies Research Paper Forthcoming
12 Pages Posted: 7 Nov 2023
Date Written: August 19, 2023
Abstract
This essay examines three decisions of the United States Supreme Court to support the author's contention that the Supreme Court incorporates the common law into the interpretation of interstate compacts to resolve disputes between the compact member states when the compact is silent on the controlling question in the case.
Keywords: Interstate compacts, legislative silence, common law
JEL Classification: K12, K20
Suggested Citation: Suggested Citation
Laskin, Sheldon Howard, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime: Interstate Compacts and Textual Silence (August 19, 2023). Rutgers Law Record, Vol. 51, 2023, University of Baltimore School of Law Legal Studies Research Paper Forthcoming, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=4597446
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