TY - BOOK AU - Ekins,Richard TI - The nature of legislative intent T2 - Oxford legal philosophy SN - 9780199646999 AV - K290 .E35 2012 U1 - 328.373 23 PY - 2012/// CY - Oxford, U.K. PB - Oxford University Press KW - Law KW - Interpretation and construction KW - Legislative power KW - Language KW - POLITICAL SCIENCE / Government / Legislative Branch KW - bisacsh N1 - Based on the author's Oxford doctoral thesis; Includes bibliographical references (p. [285]-293) and index; Introduction --; 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 UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1307/2012944042-b.html UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1307/2012944042-d.html UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1307/2012944042-t.html ER -