• Statutory interpretation is the process by which courts interpret and apply legislation. Some amount of interpretation is often necessary when a case involves...
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  • legislation relating to interpretation of legislation Judicial interpretation, an interpretation of law by a judiciary Statutory interpretation, determining the...
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  • construction, purposive interpretation, or the modern principle in construction) is an approach to statutory and constitutional interpretation under which common...
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  • The mischief rule is one of three rules of statutory interpretation traditionally applied by English courts, the other two being the "plain meaning rule"...
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  • Supreme Court. On an interpretation of state law, whether common law or statutory law, the federal courts are bound by the interpretation of a state court...
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  • The major questions doctrine is a principle of statutory interpretation applied in United States administrative law cases which states that courts will...
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    non-legally-binding nature of historical revision notes in the U.S. Code (unlike statutory notes which do have force of law). Margaret Sanger, the founder of Planned...
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    employment. By using statutory interpretation in the majority opinion, the Court in Price Waterhouse expanded the interpretation of Title VII to “establish...
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    Public and private bills Organic statute Super statute Constitution Statutory interpretation Black, Henry Campbell (1990). Black's Law Dictionary, Sixth Edition...
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    has continued to teach civil procedure, constitutional law, and statutory interpretation. On September 26, 2020, Trump nominated Barrett to succeed Ruth...
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