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In law there are three different ways that the laws set can be interpreted. To show how they could be interpreted, three rules were set to go by, these being the literal rule, the golden rule and the mischief rule.
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Law Assignment 2.5 Nathalie Hartland In law there are three different ways that the laws set can be interpreted. To show how they could be interpreted, three rules were set to go by, these being the literal rule, the golden rule and the mischief rule. The main dominant rule is the literal rule. This follows the law to the word doing exactly what the law says it to. An example of the literal rule is that it respects parliamentary sovereignty. A big disadvantage though is that by sticking to the original meaning this can sometimes lead to absurdities and unjust solutions for example Whitley v Chapell (1868). The law states that when voting you are not allowed to impersonate 'any person entitled to vote'. By imitating a dead person he was able to get away with it as he was not technically breaking the law. The next rule is...
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