Statutory interpretation
Subtitle: general principles and recent trends
By: Yule Kim.
Series: Laws and legislation series
Publisher: Nova Science Publishers
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 86
ISBN-13: 9781606929971
Subjects: Law -- United States -- Interpretation and construction; Law -- Interpretation and construction
Description: The Supreme Court has expressed an interest "that Congress be able to legislate against a background of clear interpretive rules, so that it may know the effect of the language it adopts." This report identifies and describes some of the more important rules and conventions of interpretation that the Court applies. Although this report focuses primarily on the Court's methodology in construing statutory text, the Court's approach to reliance on legislative history are also briefly described.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.