Add to ORKGAn important question is when judges should consider contextual evidence about the meaning of a statute. Judges usually will read a statute\u27s text in light of judicial precedent prevailing at the time of its enactment to understand the contemporary meaning of various words or phrases in the statute.\u27 A more difficult issue is whether courts should consider contemporary judicial context if a statute\u27s text is silent about an issue. The use of contemporary context to imply statutory meaning has been especially controversial where the issue is whether courts should imply a private right of action
When should a court interpreting some statutory provision consider information besides the text-legi...
The grammatical meaning of a statutory provision may not always gel with the purpose of the statute....
Amidst the whirl of commentary about how the U.S. Supreme Court has become increasingly textualist a...
An analytical conundrum besets a court\u27s interpretation of a statute: The statute\u27s text is th...
This Article develops an approach to constructing the meaning of prior court cases that is more help...
against a background of clear interpretive rules, so that it may know the effect of the language it ...
Every communication that is generated by a written instrument consists of two elements which must be...
This Article introduces and explores an approach to, or theme within, statutory interpretation, one ...
Statutory interpretation involves an interpreter determining the meaning of the text on the basis of...
New York\u27s and all judicial approaches to statutory interpretation are framed by the constitution...
Controversies about statutory interpretation and the proper roles for judges in interpretation are p...
The grammatical meaning of a statutory provision may not always gel with the purpose of the statute....
There is an important but chronically overlooked problem in statutory interpretation. Courts frequen...
This book\u27s focus makes statutes, and the processes that produce them, the primary consideration....
Introduction When interpreting words or construing provisions in an Act of Parliament, the context i...
When should a court interpreting some statutory provision consider information besides the text-legi...
The grammatical meaning of a statutory provision may not always gel with the purpose of the statute....
Amidst the whirl of commentary about how the U.S. Supreme Court has become increasingly textualist a...
An analytical conundrum besets a court\u27s interpretation of a statute: The statute\u27s text is th...
This Article develops an approach to constructing the meaning of prior court cases that is more help...
against a background of clear interpretive rules, so that it may know the effect of the language it ...
Every communication that is generated by a written instrument consists of two elements which must be...
This Article introduces and explores an approach to, or theme within, statutory interpretation, one ...
Statutory interpretation involves an interpreter determining the meaning of the text on the basis of...
New York\u27s and all judicial approaches to statutory interpretation are framed by the constitution...
Controversies about statutory interpretation and the proper roles for judges in interpretation are p...
The grammatical meaning of a statutory provision may not always gel with the purpose of the statute....
There is an important but chronically overlooked problem in statutory interpretation. Courts frequen...
This book\u27s focus makes statutes, and the processes that produce them, the primary consideration....
Introduction When interpreting words or construing provisions in an Act of Parliament, the context i...
When should a court interpreting some statutory provision consider information besides the text-legi...
The grammatical meaning of a statutory provision may not always gel with the purpose of the statute....
Amidst the whirl of commentary about how the U.S. Supreme Court has become increasingly textualist a...