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How to answer a statutory interpretation problem. TOPIC LIST (tools of statutory interpretation): - Literal approach - Golden rule - Mischief rule - Purposive approach - Reading words into an Act - Definition in statutes - Meaning of ordinary words - Gender and plural neutrality of legislation - The rule for a singular person against a corporation - The document rule - The land rule - Ejusdem generis - Noscitur a socils - Reddendo singular singulis - Expressio unius est exclusion alterius - Use of context - May and shall - The principle of legality - Common law presumptions - Dictionaries - Extrinsic materials - Retrospectivity - Construction of penal statutes - Beneficial interpretation - And/or


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Semester 1, 2018


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