Title: Purposive Interpretation in Law
First published: March 7, 2005
Description: "This book presents a comprehensive theory of legal interpretation, by a leading judge and legal theorist. Currently, legal philosophers and jurists apply different theories of interpretation to constitutions, statutes, rules, wills, and contracts. Aharon Barak argues that an alternative approach - purposive interpretation - allows jurists and scholars to approach all legal texts in a similar manner while remaining sensitive to the important differences. Moreover, regardless of whether purposive interpretation amounts to a unifying theory, it would still be superior to other methods of interpretation in tackling each kind of text separately."--BOOK JACKET.
Subjects: Philosophy, Law, Interpretation and construction, Semantics (Law), Law, interpretation and construction, Law, philosophy