Legislative Intent and Public Choice

Interest Analysis and the Myth of Legislative Intent

Structure-induced equilibrium and legislative choice

In the area of legislative choice, social choice theorists have focused on the equilibrium properties of pure majority rule (PMR), operating according to the implicit belief that whatever is true about the PMR mechanism also applies to institutions based upon it. This view has encouraged the study of what seemed to be the general case, thereby avoiding the narrower study of special cases such a...

Copyright Lawmaking and the Public Choice: From Legislative Battles to Private Ordering

Choice Architecture and Design with Intent

Motivation – Choice architecture (Thaler & Sunstein, 2008) is a phrase of the moment among politicians and economists seeking to influence public behaviour, but the relevance of the concept to designers has received little attention. This paper places choice architecture within the context of Design with Intent—design intended to influence user behaviour. Research approach – The concepts are in...

Legislative Changes in Public Assistance, 1945

DURING 1 9 4 5 , legislative sessions were he ld in all S t a t e s except Mississippi. Lou i s iana a n d Virg in ia h a d special sessions res t r i c ted t o subjec ts o the r t h a n publ ic ass i s tance . T h e r e m a i n ing S t a t e s ( inc lud ing t h e Dis t r i c t of Columbia , Hawai i , a n d Alaska) e n ac t ed in all a b o u t 5 0 0 laws w h i c h were p e r t i n e n t t o t h...