Statutory and common law interpretation

by Greenawalt, Kent

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Title Statements

Full title :Statutory and common law interpretation / Kent Greenawalt.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:2013

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Oxford University Press
Place of Publication:Oxford
Language:eng
Publication Date:2013

The Physical Object

Description:x, 391 pages ; : 25 cm.

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9780199756148, 0199756147
oclc:ocn933275098
LC Classification:K231
Dewey Decimal:340/.1

Statutory interpretation -- Judges as faithful agents or independent, cooperative actors? -- The basic core of statutory interpretation : text and intent -- The place of legislative history, and purpose v. specific meanings -- What else counts, and should count, for statutory interpretation? Executive participation, subsequent legislative history, independent principles of decision, prior judicial interpretation, the passage of time, and legislative direction -- Administrative interpretation and the complications it reveals -- Common law interpretation -- Some central questions about common law decisions -- Precedent : importance and context -- Reasoning by analogy -- Other bases for decision : principles and consequential considerations -- Comparisons and conclusions.