Statutory and common law interpretation /
Greenawalt, Kent. 1936-
Statutory and common law interpretation / Kent Greenawalt. - Oxford [UK] ; New York : Oxford University Press, c2013. - x, 391 p. : 25 cm.
Includes: Index. (379-391)
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 -- 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. -
9780199756148
2012012055
Law--Interpretation and construction.
Common law.
Law--Methodology.
K231 / .G74 2013
340/.1
Statutory and common law interpretation / Kent Greenawalt. - Oxford [UK] ; New York : Oxford University Press, c2013. - x, 391 p. : 25 cm.
Includes: Index. (379-391)
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 -- 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. -
9780199756148
2012012055
Law--Interpretation and construction.
Common law.
Law--Methodology.
K231 / .G74 2013
340/.1