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What are the principles, techniques and sources which courts use to help them interpret Statutes
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What are the principles, techniques and sources which courts use to help them interpret Statutes? Which of these were used by the Court of Appeal and House of Lords respectively; and how did their approaches differ? What do these differences in approach tell you about the process of statutory interpretation? When judges are to make a decision over a case in court, it is their duty to interpret the statute that governs the issues raised in the case. The judge will reason with either the language used within the statute, and, or, the way in which the statute is applied to the facts of the case. Statutory interpretation is a matter of arguing how the words used within the statute affects the ratio decidendi of the case. In their reasoning of the case, one would usually find three main approaches that have been adopted when interpreting the Statute: the Literal...
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