01447cam a2200253 a 450000100090000000300040000900500170001300800410003001000170007102000180008804000240010604200080013005000200013808200150015810000290017324500640020226000640026630000240033050400310035450507280038565000420111365000160115565000220117117220222OSt20221123152134.0120321s2013 enk b 001 0 eng  a 2012012055 a9780199756148 aDLCcKABLIBdKABLIB apcc00aK231b.G74 201300a340/.12231 aGreenawalt, Kent.d1936-10aStatutory and common law interpretation /cKent Greenawalt. aOxford [UK] ;aNew York :bOxford University Press,cc2013. ax, 391 p. :c25 cm. aIncludes: Index. (379-391)0 aJudges 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. - 0aLawxInterpretation and construction. 0aCommon law. 0aLawxMethodology.