TY  - BOOK
AU  - Sullivan,Ruth
TI  - Statutory interpretation
T2  - Essentials of Canadian law
SN  - 9781552211380
U1  - 349.71 22
PY  - 2007///
CY  - Toronto
PB  - Irwin Law
KW  - Law
KW  - Canada
KW  - Interpretation and construction
KW  - Textbooks
N1  - 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
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