The nature of legislative intent /
Richard Ekins.
- 1st ed.
- Oxford, U.K. : Oxford University Press, 2012.
- xii, 303 p. ; 24 cm.
- Oxford legal philosophy .
- Oxford legal philosophy. .
Based on the author's Oxford doctoral thesis.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [285]-293) and index.
Sceptical arguments -- Joint intention and group agency -- Legislating without reasoning -- What it is to legislate -- The legislative assembly -- Language use and intention -- The nature of legislative intent -- Intentions in interpretation. Introduction --
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Law--Interpretation and construction. Legislative power. Law--Language. POLITICAL SCIENCE / Government / Legislative Branch