Handbook on the construction and interpretation of the laws, with a chapter on the interpretation of judicial decisions and the doctrine of precedents
By: by Henry Campbell Black.
Publisher: Lawbook Exchange
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Clark, NJ
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781584778851
Subjects: Law -- Interpretation and construction
Notes: Originally published: St. Paul, Minn., West Pub. Co., 1896.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Nature and office of interpretation; title: Construction of constitutions; title: General principles of statutory construction; title: Statutory construction: presumptions; title: Statutory construction: words and phrases; title: Intrinsic aids in statutory construction; title: Extrinsic aids in statutory construction; title: Interpretation with reference to common law; title: Retrospective interpretation; title: Construction of provisos, exceptions, and saving clauses; title: Strict and liberal construction; title: Mandatory and directory provisions; title: Amendatory and amended acts; title: Construction of codes and revised statutes; title: Declaratory statutes; title: The rule of stare decisis as applied to statutory construction; title: Interpretation of judicial decisions and the doctrine of precedents.