Between the Lines: Interpreting Welfare Rights

Jerry Louis Mashaw · R. Shep Melnick

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In most important cases, judges base their interpretation not on the letter of the law, but on their reading of its history, purpose and spirit. This book explains how this type of judicial interpretation has affected welfare rights in three programmes. Aid to families with dependent children, education for the handicapped, and food stamps, and how what judges discover between the lines of statutes often has major policy consequences.

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