Statutory Interpretation: General Principles and Recent Trends
Description:
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 and conventions of interpretation that the Court applies. Because the Court has
recently placed renewed emphasis on statutory text and somewhat reduced emphasis
on legislative history and other interpretive sources "extrinsic" to the text, …
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Date:
August 3, 2001
Creator:
Costello, George
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Partner:
UNT Libraries Government Documents Department