Introduction When interpreting words or construing provisions in an Act of Parliament, the context in which the words appear and the purpose of the Act can be used to ascertain meaning. The catchcry of text, context and purpose has become a repeated moniker for the High Court of Australia’s 'modern approach’ to statutory interpretation
In the context of a normative concretisation of the statute, the term “statute” is not synonymous wi...
This paper considers the purposive approach and extrinsic material in statutory interpretation. It c...
It is orthodoxy in Australia that when interpreting statutory text, attention turns to the words 'in...
Interpretation Acts in Australia, 1st EDITION is a companion to the author’s widely used and frequen...
The grammatical meaning of a statutory provision may not always gel with the purpose of the statute....
The grammatical meaning of a statutory provision may not always gel with the purpose of the statute....
Statutory interpretation involves an interpreter determining the meaning of the text on the basis of...
against a background of clear interpretive rules, so that it may know the effect of the language it ...
In this Primer, our aims are to explain what statutory interpretation is and why it is important. We...
Statutes are a written communication between Parliament and the legislative audience. Statutory inte...
An important question is when judges should consider contextual evidence about the meaning of a stat...
This Article introduces and explores an approach to, or theme within, statutory interpretation, one ...
Every communication that is generated by a written instrument consists of two elements which must be...
With the growing proliferation of statute laws, the skill of statutory interpretation is an increasi...
Statutory interpretation is the process of discerning the meaning of legislation, and U.S. law has p...
In the context of a normative concretisation of the statute, the term “statute” is not synonymous wi...
This paper considers the purposive approach and extrinsic material in statutory interpretation. It c...
It is orthodoxy in Australia that when interpreting statutory text, attention turns to the words 'in...
Interpretation Acts in Australia, 1st EDITION is a companion to the author’s widely used and frequen...
The grammatical meaning of a statutory provision may not always gel with the purpose of the statute....
The grammatical meaning of a statutory provision may not always gel with the purpose of the statute....
Statutory interpretation involves an interpreter determining the meaning of the text on the basis of...
against a background of clear interpretive rules, so that it may know the effect of the language it ...
In this Primer, our aims are to explain what statutory interpretation is and why it is important. We...
Statutes are a written communication between Parliament and the legislative audience. Statutory inte...
An important question is when judges should consider contextual evidence about the meaning of a stat...
This Article introduces and explores an approach to, or theme within, statutory interpretation, one ...
Every communication that is generated by a written instrument consists of two elements which must be...
With the growing proliferation of statute laws, the skill of statutory interpretation is an increasi...
Statutory interpretation is the process of discerning the meaning of legislation, and U.S. law has p...
In the context of a normative concretisation of the statute, the term “statute” is not synonymous wi...
This paper considers the purposive approach and extrinsic material in statutory interpretation. It c...
It is orthodoxy in Australia that when interpreting statutory text, attention turns to the words 'in...