| Description |
xlv, 314 pages ; 25 cm |
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regular print |
| Contents |
1. Introduction -- 2. Approaches to the interpretation of legislation -- 3. Extrinsic aids to interpretation -- 4. Intrinsic or grammatical aids to interpretation -- 5. Legal assumptions -- 6. Interpretation acts and sections -- 7. Interpretation of consolidating, reprinted and codifying acts -- 8. Interpretation of consolidating, reprinted and codifying acts -- 9. Interpretation of remedial, penal and fiscal provisions -- 10. Retrospective operation of legislation -- 11. Obligatory and discretionary provisions -- 12. Drafting conventions and expressions |
| Summary |
This book seeks to provide legal practitioners and students with a guide to some of the practical questions of interpretation in legislation as they arise in Australia today |
| Analysis |
Statutory interpretation |
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Key item |
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Cases (Law) |
| Notes |
Previous ed.: 1996 |
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Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Subject |
Law -- Australia -- Interpretation and construction.
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| Author |
Geddes, R. S. (Robert S.), 1944-
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| LC no. |
2002327082 |
| ISBN |
0409316873 |
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