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1 giu 2017 · John Manning ’85, the Bruce Bromley Professor of Law and Deputy Dean at Harvard Law School, and an eminent public-law scholar with expertise in statutory interpretation and structural constitutional law, will become the School’s next dean on July 1. “John Manning is known among colleagues and students for his intellect and humility, his ...
8 ott 2016 · First, they impose a clarity tax on Congress by insisting that Congress legislate exceptionally clearly when it wishes to achieve a statutory outcome that threatens to intrude upon some judicially identified constitutional value-such as federalism, nonretroactivity, or the rule of law. Second, as the Court has acknowledged, clear statement ...
13 See John F. Manning, Federalism and the Generality Problem in Constitutional Interpreta-tion, 122 HARV. L. REV. 2003, 2052–57 (2009) [hereinafter Manning, Federalism]; John F. Manning, Separation of Powers as Ordinary Interpretation, 124 HARV. L. REV. 1939, 1978 (2011) [hereinafter Manning, Separation of Powers]. 14 See infra Part II, pp ...
John F. Manning, The Absurdity Doctrine, 116 Harv. L. Rev. 2387 (2003). Abstract: From the earliest days of the Republic, the Supreme Court has subscribed to the idea that judges may deviate from even the clearest statutory texts when a given application would produce otherwise absurd results. This approach has been an important safety valve in ...
12 ott 2016 · The absurdity doctrine is predicated on the idea that Congress enacts legislation against the constraints of limited foresight, resources, and time, and that general language will sometimes produce unanticipated results. The doctrine then assumes that when a statute’s plain meaning produces a result that is contrary to society’s widely ...
John Francis Manning is an American legal scholar who serves as the 13th Dean of Harvard Law School. On March 14, 2024, Manning was appointed as the interim provost of Harvard University, and is on a leave of absence from his deanship. He was previously the Bruce Bromley Professor of Law at Harvard Law School (HLS), where he is a scholar of administrative and constitutional law.
John F. Manning∗ The Supreme Court applies the structural provisions of the Constitution by relying on an overarching framework of “separation of powers.” Its cases reflect two distinct visions of the doctrine. Functionalist decisions presuppose that Congress has plenary authority to
