The Interpretation Of Statutes
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Author | : Douglas Walton |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 347 |
Release | : 2021-01-21 |
Genre | : Law |
ISBN | : 1108429343 |
Combining pragmatics, dialectics, analytics, and legal theory, this work translates interpretative canons into patterns of natural argument.
Author | : Douglas Walton |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2022-08-25 |
Genre | : Law |
ISBN | : 9781108454070 |
Statutory interpretation involves the reconstruction of the meaning of a legal statement when it cannot be considered as accepted or granted. This phenomenon needs to be considered not only from the legal and linguistic perspective, but also from the argumentative one - which focuses on the strategies for defending a controversial or doubtful viewpoint. This book draws upon linguistics, legal theory, computing, and dialectics to present an argumentation-based approach to statutory interpretation. By translating and summarizing the existing legal interpretative canons into eleven patterns of natural arguments - called argumentation schemes - the authors offer a system of argumentation strategies for developing, defending, assessing, and attacking an interpretation. Illustrated through major cases from both common and civil law, this methodology is summarized in diagrams and maps for application to computer sciences. These visuals help make the structures, strategies, and vulnerabilities of legal reasoning accessible to both legal professionals and laypeople.
Author | : William N. Eskridge |
Publisher | : Harvard University Press |
Total Pages | : 460 |
Release | : 1994 |
Genre | : Law |
ISBN | : 9780674218789 |
Contrary to traditional theories of statutory interpretation, which ground statutes in the original legislative text or intent, legal scholar William Eskridge argues that statutory interpretation changes in response to new political alignments, new interpreters, and new ideologies. It does so, first of all, because it involves richer authoritative texts than does either common law or constitutional interpretation: statutes are often complex and have a detailed legislative history. Second, Congress can, and often does, rewrite statutes when it disagrees with their interpretations; and agencies and courts attend to current as well as historical congressional preferences when they interpret statutes. Third, since statutory interpretation is as much agency-centered as judgecentered and since agency executives see their creativity as more legitimate than judges see theirs, statutory interpretation in the modern regulatory state is particularly dynamic. Eskridge also considers how different normative theories of jurisprudence--liberal, legal process, and antiliberal--inform debates about statutory interpretation. He explores what theory of statutory interpretation--if any--is required by the rule of law or by democratic theory. Finally, he provides an analytical and jurisprudential history of important debates on statutory interpretation.
Author | : Robert A. Katzmann |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 184 |
Release | : 2014-08-14 |
Genre | : Law |
ISBN | : 0199362149 |
In an ideal world, the laws of Congress--known as federal statutes--would always be clearly worded and easily understood by the judges tasked with interpreting them. But many laws feature ambiguous or even contradictory wording. How, then, should judges divine their meaning? Should they stick only to the text? To what degree, if any, should they consult aids beyond the statutes themselves? Are the purposes of lawmakers in writing law relevant? Some judges, such as Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, believe courts should look to the language of the statute and virtually nothing else. Chief Judge Robert A. Katzmann of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit respectfully disagrees. In Judging Statutes, Katzmann, who is a trained political scientist as well as a judge, argues that our constitutional system charges Congress with enacting laws; therefore, how Congress makes its purposes known through both the laws themselves and reliable accompanying materials should be respected. He looks at how the American government works, including how laws come to be and how various agencies construe legislation. He then explains the judicial process of interpreting and applying these laws through the demonstration of two interpretative approaches, purposivism (focusing on the purpose of a law) and textualism (focusing solely on the text of the written law). Katzmann draws from his experience to show how this process plays out in the real world, and concludes with some suggestions to promote understanding between the courts and Congress. When courts interpret the laws of Congress, they should be mindful of how Congress actually functions, how lawmakers signal the meaning of statutes, and what those legislators expect of courts construing their laws. The legislative record behind a law is in truth part of its foundation, and therefore merits consideration.
Author | : Gustav Adolf Endlich |
Publisher | : Jersey City, N.J. : F.D. Linn & Company |
Total Pages | : 954 |
Release | : 1888 |
Genre | : Law |
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Author | : Lourens Du Plessis |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 339 |
Release | : 2011 |
Genre | : Law |
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Publisher | : The Capitol Net Inc |
Total Pages | : 319 |
Release | : 2010-06-15 |
Genre | : Law |
ISBN | : 1587332132 |
This book reviews the primary rules courts apply to discern a statute's meaning. However, each matter of interpretation before a court presents its own challenges, and there is no unified, systematic approach used in all cases. While schools of statutory interpretation may vary on what factors should be considered, all approaches start (if not necessarily end) with the language and structure of the statute itself. In analyzing a statute's text, courts are guided by the basic principle that a statute should be read as a harmonious whole, with its separate parts being interpreted within their broader statutory context.
Author | : Gustav Adolf Endlich |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 970 |
Release | : 1888 |
Genre | : Law |
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Author | : Sir Peter Benson Maxwell |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 500 |
Release | : 1875 |
Genre | : Law |
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Author | : Sir Peter Benson Maxwell |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 500 |
Release | : 1875 |
Genre | : Law |
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