Statutory interpretation in Australia / by D. C. Pearce.

North Ryde, N.S.W. : Butterworths, 1981.

2nd edition

7491

Law -- Interpretation and construction -- Australia.

Statute law -- Australia.

1. Introduction

2. Judicial approaches to the interpretation of legislation

3. Intrinsic or grammatical aids to interpretation

4. Extrinsic 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 and codifying acts

9. Interpretaion of remedial, penal and fiscal provisions

10. Retrospective operation of legislation

11. Manditory and directory provisions

12. Reinterpretation.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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