Statutory Interpretation - Summaries

Description

Summaries compiles information from lectures, tutorials, textbooks, commentary, legislation and case law. Textbook used was Bennion 2001 = F A R Bennion, Understanding Common Law Legislation: Drafting and Interpretation (Oxford, 2001). Very thorough and includes sources of all information. Written for the purpose of problem-solving during exams. Topics covered include: 1. Framework of interpretation - context, fundamental principles, general method, wider issues, and legislation; 2. Interpretative criteria - unit of inquiry, act as a whole, legislative enacting history, interpretation acts, presumptions in wider context, and general principles; and 3. Retrospectivity.