Statutory interpretation / Ruth Sullivan.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction to Statute Law -- Types of Legislation -- Statutes -- Public, Local, and Private Acts -- Permanent and Amending Acts -- Enabling and Delegated Legislation -- Reform and Program Legislation -- Guidelines and Other Forms of Quasi-Legislation -- Drafting Conventions -- Elements of Legislation -- Provisions -- Components -- The Legislative Sentence -- Sections, Subsections, and Paragraphing -- Legislative Structure -- Temporal Operation of Legislation -- Enactment -- Commencement or Coming into Force -- Expiry or Repeal -- Inoperability -- Re-enactment -- Amendment -- Codes and Codification -- Consolidation -- Statute Revision -- General Statute Revision -- Introduction to Statutory Interpretation -- Whatis Involved in Interpretation -- Sources of Statutory Interpretation Rules -- Important Concepts -- Legislative Intent -- Parliamentary Sovereignty -- Rule of Law -- Separation of Law and Politics -- Common Sense -- The Judicial Task -- Overview of Interpretation Rules -- Driedger's Modern Principle -- A Survey of the Rules -- Rules About Meaning -- Rules About Application -- Types of Analysis -- Rules Based on Drafting Conventions -- Rules That Introduce Values into Interpretation -- Rules That Permit Judges to Change the Text -- Rules Governing the Use of Extrinsic Aids -- Rules Dealing with Overlap and Conflict -- Ordinary Meaning -- Ordinary Meaning Is Presumed -- What Is Meant by Ordinary Meaning -- How Ordinary Meaning Is Established -- The Role of Textual Analysis -- The Role of Dictionaries -- How the Ordinary Meaning Presumption Is Applied -- The Limits of Ordinary Meaning -- The Plain Meaning Rule -- Technical Meaning and Meanings Fixed by Law -- Presumptions Applicable to Technical Meaning -- Legal Terminology -- Meanings Fixed by Law -- Statutory Definitions -- Exhaustive versus Non-Exhaustive Definitions -- Uses of Statutory Definitions -- Interpretation Acts -- Legislative Interpretation -- Drafting Conventions -- Joint or Joint and Several "and" -- Exclusive or Inclusive "or" -- Bilingual and Bijural Legislation -- Bilingual Legislation -- Shared Meaning Rule -- Limits of Shared Meaning -- Absence of Shared Meaning -- Methodology -- Bijural Legislation -- Recent Reforms -- Drafting Conventions -- Interpretation Rules -- Original Meaning -- The Original Meaning Rule -- Criticism of the Original Meaning Rule -- Dynamic versus Static Approach -- Factors Affecting WhichApproachIs Adopted -- Legislative Intent -- Politics versus Law -- The Type of Language to Be Interpreted -- Functional Equivalence -- How the Approaches are Applied -- Obsolescence -- Plausible Interpretation, Gaps, and Mistakes -- The Plausible Meaning Rule -- Problems with the Plausible Meaning Rule -- Unclear Concept of Plausibility -- Misleading Rhetoric -- Ill-Defined Exceptions -- Varying Judicial Views -- Implausible Interpretations -- Gaps in the Legislative Scheme -- Drafting Errors -- The Entire Context -- Introduction -- The Act as a Whole -- Related Provisions Elsewhere in the Act -- Internal Groupings -- Components -- Titles -- Preambles -- Purpose Statements -- Headings -- Marginal Notes -- Schedules -- The Legislative Scheme -- Related Statutes (Statutes in pari materia) -- The Statute Book as a Whole -- The Law of Other Jurisdictions -- Comparison of Legislative Texts -- Case Law Interpreting the Legislation of Other Jurisdictions -- The Legal Context -- The External Context -- Proof of External Context -- Use of External Context -- Textual Analysis -- Assumptions Underlying Textual Analysis -- Linguistic Competence -- Drafting Competence -- Encyclopedic Knowledge -- Straightforward Expression -- Orderly Arrangement -- Coherence -- No Tautology -- Consistent Expression -- Techniques Used in Textual Analysis -- The Associated Words Rule (Noscitur a sociis) -- The Limited Class Rule (Ejusdem generis) -- Collocation -- Every Word Must Be Given Meaning -- Same Words, Same Meaning-Different Words, Different Meaning -- Departure from a Pattern or Practice -- Implied Exclusion (Expressio unius est exclusio alterius) -- Purposive Analysis -- Introduction -- What Is Meant by Legislative Purpose -- How Legislative Purpose Is Established -- Authoritative Descriptions of Purpose -- Purpose Inferred from Text Alone -- Purpose Inferred from Mischief to Be Cured -- Purpose Inferred from Legislative Evolution -- Uses of Purposive Analysis -- Consequential Analysis -- Introduction -- When May Consequences Be Labelled Absurd? -- How Should Courts Respond to Absurdity? -- Justification for Avoiding Absurd Consequences -- Policy Analysis -- Justification for Policy Analysis -- Strict and Liberal Construction -- Penal Legislation -- Interference with Rights -- Exceptions to General Law -- Fiscal Legislation -- Remedial Legislation -- Social Welfare Legislation -- Legislation Relating to Aboriginal Rights -- Legislation Relating to Human Rights -- Presumptions of Legislative Intent -- Presumed Compliance with Constitutional Law, Including Charter Norms -- Presumed Compliance with International Law -- Presumed Compliance with Common Law -- Direct Appeal to Policy -- The Presumed Application of Legislation -- Introduction -- The Temporal Application of Legislation -- Overview -- Definitions and Distinctions -- The Difference between Temporal Operation and Temporal Application -- The Unit of Analysis Used in Determining Temporal Application -- Terminology -- Summary -- Underlying Values -- Methodology -- Examples -- Presumption against Retroactive Application -- The Drawbacks and Advantages of Retroactivity -- How the Presumption Is Applied -- Presumption against Retrospective Application -- Overview -- Exceptions -- Beneficial Legislation -- Legislation Designed to Protect the Public -- Legislation That Is Purely Procedural -- Immediate Application -- Presumption against Interference with Vested Rights -- Overview -- Rebuttal -- Transitional Provisions -- Presumption against Extraterritorial Application -- Presumption against Application to the Crown -- Overview -- Crown Agents -- Extrinsic Aids -- Introduction -- Legislative History -- Legislative History Defined -- The Exclusionary Rule and Its Demise -- Ways to Use Legislative History to Determine Legislative Intent -- Direct versus Indirect Evidence of Legislative Intent -- Constitutional Case Law -- Current Position -- Model Legislation -- Legislative Evolution -- Steps to Follow in Tracing Evolution -- Example of Formal Change -- Example of Substantive Change -- Combining Legislative Evolution and Legislative History -- International Agreements -- Implementing Legislation -- Incorporation by Reference -- Authoritative Opinion -- Judicial Interpretation -- Interpretation by Tribunals -- Administrative Interpretation -- Scholarly Interpretation -- Overlap and Conflict -- Overlap with Other Legislation -- Overlap without Conflict -- Conflict Avoidance -- Legislative Fiat -- Judicial Interpretation -- One of the Provisions Is Meant to Be Exhaustive -- Conflict Resolution -- Federal Legislation -- Human Rights Legislation -- Implied Exception (Specialia Generalibus Non Derogant) -- Implied Repeal -- Delegated Legislation -- How the Rules Are Applied -- Overlap with Common Law -- Legislation Incorporates or Codifies the Common Law -- Legislation Supplements the Common Law -- Legislation Is Meant to Be Exhaustive -- Legislation Conflicts with Common Law.