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    Kamal McPherson Cape Law Evaluate the rules of interpretation which guides judge’s in the interpretation of statutes or acts of Parliament and the presumption they applied in this process. To gain an explicit and profound competence of statutory interpretation and rules of statutory interpretation‚ they are few key elements and definition that must be referred to these concepts. Statutory interpretation is a source of law‚ which means‚ where laws are taken from to aid in the decision making

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    NOTES Interpretation of Statutes IOS201-6 1. GENERAL INTRODUCTION 1.1. Definition Statutory interpretation as a subject of study is the body of rules and principles used to construct and justify the meaning of legislative provisions to be applied in practical situations. 1.2. Why can statutes not be interpreted in a mechanical or rule-like fashion? Many rules of interpretation overlap and cannot be neatly compartmentalised as: the circumstances and sets of facts will differ from case to case

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    STATUTORY INTERPRETATION TOPICS: Preliminaries Rules and approaches Aids to interpretation Impact of EU and HRA PRELIMINARIES Statutory interpretation is the way by which the parts of a statute are interpreted in order to understand what Parliament might have intended by passing that particular statute. Statutes are not user friendly. They are written in technical form and not too easy to understand (ambiguity). The words used in statues may have different meanings which indicate

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    7. Statutory Interpretation 7.1. The Role of Statutory Interpretation • The courts must ascertain the meaning of a statute in order to apply it. • Even the most well drafted statute may be capable of more than one interpretation in any particular situation – this is a function of the nature of language and the desire of opposing parties to find interpretations which favour their own case. Additionally‚ some statutes may be inherently ambiguous. • The courts have developed principles

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    Order Code 97-589 Statutory Interpretation: General Principles and Recent Trends Updated August 31‚ 2008 Yule Kim Legislative Attorney American Law Division Statutory Interpretation: General Principles and Recent Trends Summary 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

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    Discuss the rules and other aids used in statutory interpretation which the judges could use to help them arrive at a decision in each of the appeals. You should also pay attention to judicial precedent and assess whether the case that the appellants wish to use may be binding on the Court of Appeal. This case study will investigate how certain rules or aids in statutory interpretation can affect the decision of an appeal in court due to the different circumstances involved in a case. There will

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    STATUTORY INTERPRETATION What is the aim and why is it necessary? Statutory Interpretation is there to help judges with general words Parliament has passed‚ as some words can have different meanings. * Words very often have more than one meaning i.e. they can be ambiguous * A broad term may be used in a statute which can give rise to confusion and uncertainty * There may be errors or omissions when the statute is drafted * New developments in society can make the words used in

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    Statutory interpretation This process is used by judges in the courts when there is a dispute or being uncertain over the meaning of words or phrases in an Act of Parliament or piece of delegated legislation. The courts role is to find out how Parliament intended the law to apply and carry this out. The interpretation may form a precedent for future cases. Statutory interpretation can become a problem due to: The complexity of the English language a word may have several meaning‚ which can lead

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    in studying or interpreting written law. They are more of rules of practice than legal rules. Outline the most common of these and give a brief commentary or explanation of the same. RULES OF LANGUAGE IN STATUTORY INTERPRETATION. The traditional common-law approach to statutory interpretation was to "look at the words of the Act". This approach was founded on the assumption that the statute alone was a reliable guide to the intent of the Parliament. To assist the courts in interpreting legislation

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    Law homework Due 28/11/11 A) The source refers to the literal rule. Describe the literal rule using the source and cases to illustrate your answer (15 Marks) The literal rule is where the courts will give their words a plain‚ ordinary or literal meaning‚ even if the result is not very sensible. It involves the judge applying the literal rule even if it results in absurdity. R v Judge of City of London Court (1892) in which Lord Esher said ‘If the words of an Act are clear then you must

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