A-Z Subject List: Key Legal Treatises and Textbooks

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This book deciphers the complex rules of interpretation, explains the way these rules relate to each other, and focuses on their strategic use in constructing arguments and justifying outcomes.

This edition offers a complete and up-to-date account of statutory interpretation. It includes clear explanations of the traditional rules of interpretation, explores the principles underlying the rules and offers numerous illustrations of their application.

Divided into two parts, the book begins with an analysis of the roles played by the structure and operation of statutes in their interpretation. The second part delves into the methods of interpretation such as grammatical, systematic and logical, purposive, historical, pragmatic, and interpretation by authorities.

This book introduces the reader to bills, Acts, and Regulations, and describes how legislation works and is interpreted by the courts.

The “modern principle” is the official approach to statutory interpretation in Canada, which focuses on the language of a statutory provision in light of its purpose, intent and context.

This book provides judges and practitioners with a clear guide for applying the constitutional rules when faced with the various situations that can arise from inconsistencies in bilingual legislation.

This title tackles the challenge of drafting complex legal and legislative documents. This book goes far beyond simply discussing the principles; it provides readers with a step-by-step guide that helps them put those principles into action.

Starting with the history of the use of legislative intent in the courts and an overview of the legislative process, this book then provides detailed descriptions of the sources available to compile a legislative history and trace the evolution of statutes and regulations. It also looks at the background of the use of legislative intent in interpreting treaties with Indigenous peoples and provides research checklists.