Statutory Interpretation: General Principles and Recent Trends

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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, this report focuses primarily on the Court's methodology in construing statutory text. The Court's recent approaches to reliance on legislative history are also … continued below

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Costello, George August 3, 2001.

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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, this report
focuses primarily on the Court's methodology in construing statutory text. The
Court's recent approaches to reliance on legislative history are also briefly described.

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Costello, George. Statutory Interpretation: General Principles and Recent Trends, report, August 3, 2001; Washington D.C.. (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metacrs8845/: accessed April 23, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.

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