Statutory Interpretation : General Principles and Recent Trends.

Outlines current Supreme Court approaches to statutory interpretation. Explains context and purpose of statutory text, canons of constructions, overriding presumptions, common usages and interpretations. Also examines use of legislative history and other interpretive sources by the Supreme Court.

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors:	Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service, ProQuest (Firm)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2008.
Series:	U.S. Congressional Research.
Subjects:	United States. > Laws, etc. (Statutes of the United States) Legislative histories. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

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Summary:	Outlines current Supreme Court approaches to statutory interpretation. Explains context and purpose of statutory text, canons of constructions, overriding presumptions, common usages and interpretations. Also examines use of legislative history and other interpretive sources by the Supreme Court.
Item Description:	Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed Dec. 2010). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC. CRS Report. Electronic resource.
Physical Description:	1 online resource.