Statutory Interpretation : General Principles and Recent Trends.

Intro -- STATUTORY INTERPRETATION:GENERAL PRINCIPLES ANDRECENT TRENDS -- STATUTORY INTERPRETATION: GENERAL PRINCIPLES AND RECENT TRENDS -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE* -- STATUTORY TEXT -- IN GENERAL -STATUTORY CONTEXT AND PURPOSE -- CANONS OF CONSTRUCTION -- IN GENERAL -- ORDINARY AND SPECIALIZED MEANING -- Terms of Art -- Ordinary Meaning and Dictionary Definitions -- And/Or -- Definite/Indefinite Article -- Shall/May -- Singular/Plural -- GENERAL, SPECIFIC, AND ASSOCIATED WORDS -- GRAMMATICAL RULES, PUNCTUATION -- STATUTORY LANGUAGE NOT TO BE CONSTRUED AS "MERESURPLUSAGE" -- SAME PHRASING IN SAME OR RELATED STATUTES -- DIFFERENT PHRASINGS IN SAME STATUTE -- "CONGRESS KNOWS HOW TO SAY ... " -- STATUTORY SILENCE -- DE MINIMIS PRINCIPLE -- OVERRIDING PRESUMPTIONS -- DEPARTURE FROM COMMON LAW OR ESTABLISHEDINTERPRETATION -- DISPLACING STATE LAW, IMPINGING ON STATEOPERATIONS -- ABROGATION OF STATES' ELEVENTH AMENDMENTIMMUNITY -- NATIONWIDE APPLICATION OF FEDERAL LAW -- WAIVER OF SOVEREIGN IMMUNITY -- NON-RETROACTIVITY / EFFECTIVE DATE -- AVOIDANCE OF CONSTITUTIONAL ISSUES -- EXTRATERRITORIAL APPLICATION DISFAVORED -- JUDICIAL REVIEW OF ADMINISTRATIVE ACTION -- DEFERENCE TO ADMINISTRATIVE INTERPRETATION -- REPEALS BY IMPLICATION -- Laws of the Same Session -- Appropriations Laws -- RULE OF LENITY -- SCIENTER -- REMEDIAL STATUTES -- STATUTES BENEFITTING INDIAN TRIBES -- MISCELLANY -- TITLES OF ACTS OR SECTIONS -- PREAMBLES ("WHEREAS CLAUSES") -- FINDINGS AND PURPOSES SECTIONS -- "SENSE OF CONGRESS" PROVISIONS -- SAVINGS CLAUSES -- "NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW" -- IMPLIED PRIVATE RIGHT OF ACTION -- INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE -- SEVERABILITY -- DEADLINES FOR ADMINISTRATIVE ACTION -- LEGISLATIVE HISTORY -- PLAIN MEANING RULE -- USES OF LEGISLATIVE HISTORY -- POST-ENACTMENT OR "SUBSEQUENT"LEGISLATIVE HISTORY -- Subsequent Legislation.

Reenactment -- Acquiescence -- "Isolated Statements" -- SIGNING STATEMENTS -- REFERENCES -- INDEX.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.