Statutory and common law interpretation /
Greenawalt, KentAuthor
New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press,
2013.
Kent Greenwalt's second volume on aspects of legal interpretation analyzes statutory and common law interpretation suggesting that multiple factors are important for each, and that the relation between them influences both.
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
Kent Greenwalt's second volume on aspects of legal interpretation analyzes statutory and common law interpretation suggesting that multiple factors are important for each, and that the relation between them influences both.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on Oct. 31, 2012).
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. -
Law
Common law
Law
Law, Politics & Government
Law, General & Comparative