Judges interpreting statutes act as faithful agents of the legislature

Evidence

Even when statutes are unclear, the responsibility of the judge is to act as the faithful agent of the legislature, to uncover the policy set by the legislature. — G. Alan Tarr, Judicial Process and Judicial…, 2754

Categorization

• DEFINE: Names the faithful-agent conception of the judicial role, the baseline against which intentionalist and dynamic theories are contrasted.
• XREF: Pairs with the course’s discussion of competing theories of judicial interpretation.