The purposive method of legal interpretation in practice In this study, I discuss the unique Israeli way of statutory interpretation according to which the court should interpret statutes in light of the purpose ... S Azuelos-Atias - 《International Journal of Law & Psychiatry》 被引量: 1发表:...
A tale of two opinions: The meaning of statutes and the nature of judicial decision-making in...Discusses the concepts and processes used in statutory construction and interpretation. Interpretation of Section 212 (a), subparagraph 27 of the United States Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952;...
The question matters because the interpretation of statutes is often thought to centre on the intention of the legislature and because the way in which the legislature acts is relevant to the authority it does or should enjoy. Many scholars argue that legislative intent is a fiction: the ...
In the dispute between the interpretation of the Treaty of Waitangi, it is important to note, the English version of the Treaty suggests that Māori chiefs ‘ceded sovereignty to the British Crown in exchange for a broad-ranging guarantee of property rights’, whereas the Māori version suggested...
The recentNtagandaAppeal Judgment[11]might be an example demonstrating one of the scenarios where the legality issue would be raised at the ICC. The Appeal Judgment adopted a broader interpretation of ‘rape’ as defined by the Rome Statute but it is considered by some scholars to be contrary ...
It is true that codes and statutes do not render the judge superfluous, nor his work perfunctory and mechanical. There are gaps to be filled. There are doubts and ambiguities to be cleared. There are hardships and wrongs to be mitigated if not avoided. Interpretation is often spoken of as ...
The article focuses on issues surrounding U.S Supreme Court's categorization of Title VII of the U.S Civil Rights Act of 1964 as a tort. Topics discussed include Supreme Court cases decided during 2009-2013 that used tort principles for interpretation of anti-discrimination statutes, tort...
interpretation of the data that aligns with the Burden of Proof approach incorporating between-study heterogeneity and other sources of uncertainty. The ROS translates into a star rating from 1 to 5 stars. The star rating for each model result is reported as the yellow stars in each box. A ...
This chapter examines some aspects of the relationship between International Law and English Law. Courts may refer to treaties in order to aid the construction of statutes; and there is a general principle that uncertainties in the law should be resolved where possible so as to fulfil rather than...
The canonical model of sex-chromosome evolution predicts that, as recombination is suppressed along sex chromosomes, gametologs will progressively differentiate, eventually becoming heteromorphic. However, there are numerous examples of homomorphic sex c