Statutory interpretation in Australia / Dennis C. Pearce.

Chatswood, N.S.W. : LexisNexis Butterworths, 2024.

10th edition

199617

Law -- Interpretation and construction -- Australia.

Legislation -- Australia.

Statutes -- Australia.

1. Introduction

2. Approaches to the interpretation of legislation

3. Extrinsic aids to interpretation

4. Intrinsic or grammatical aids to interpretation

5. Legal assumptions: principle of legality

6. Interpretation acts and sections

7. Interpretation of repealing acts, amending acts and acts incorporating other legislation

8. Interpretation of declaratory, 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.

The principal guide to the interpretation of legislation in Australia. Legal disputes nowadays almost always involve some element of statutory interpretation. An understanding of the rules and approaches evolved by the courts and parliaments to determine the meaning of legislation is essential to anyone involved in advising persons and governments of their legal rights and obligations. Statutory Interpretation in Australia has, for almost 50 years, been considered the authoritative guide to construing statutes. One of the most cited texts on Australian law, it is essential reading for teachers of legal method. - Publisher's platform.

Previous edition 2019.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

9780409354782

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