Statutory and common law interpretation / Kent Greenawalt.
2013
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Greenawalt, Kent, 1936-
Title
Statutory and common law interpretation / Kent Greenawalt.
Published
Oxford [UK] ; New York : Oxford University Press, [2013]
Copyright
©2013
Call Number
K231 .G74 2013
ISBN
9780199756148
0199756147
0199756147
Description
x, 391 pages ; 25 cm
System Control No.
(OCoLC)781432668
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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The Arthur W. Diamond Law Library
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Table of Contents
Preface
ix
1.
Introduction
3
pt. I
STATUTORY INTERPRETATION
2.
Judges as Faithful Agents or Independent, Cooperative Actors?
19
3.
The Basic Core of Statutory Interpretation: Text and Intent
43
4.
The Place of Legislative History, and Purpose v. Specific Meanings
77
5.
What Else Counts, and Should Count, for Statutory Interpretation? Executive Participation, Subsequent Legislative History, Independent Principles of Decision, Prior Judicial Interpretation, the Passage of Time, and Legislative Direction
105
6.
Administrative Interpretation and the Complications It Reveals
141
pt. II
COMMON LAW INTERPRETATION
7.
Some Central Questions about Common Law Decisions
177
8.
Precedent: Importance and Context
193
9.
Reasoning by Analogy
217
10.
Other Bases for Decision: Principles and Consequential Considerations
245
11.
Comparisons and Conclusions
279
Notes
295
Cases
375
Index
379