Riggs v. Palmer - Letter of the Law or Spirit of the Law
Channel: Professor Stevenson
Date: 2020-12-04

Lecture video for my Statutory Interpretation & Regulation course (Leg-Reg) about the classic case Riggs v. Palmer, 22 N.E. 188 (NY 1889), where the court decided to follow the "spirit of the law" rather than the "letter of the law."