Statutory interpretation in Australia / D. C. Pearce and R. S. Geddes.

North Ryde, N.S.W. : Butterworths, 1988.

3rd edition

7490

Law -- Interpretation and construction -- Australia.

Statute law -- Australia.

1. Introduction

2. Judicial 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 repealing acts, amending acts and acts incorporating other statutes

8. Interpretation of consolidating, reprinted and codifying acts

9. Interpretaion of remedial, penal and fiscal provisions

10. Retrospective operation of legislation

11. Manditory and directory provisions.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

0409495255

xl, 224 p.