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“The purposive approach to statutory interpretation allows individual judges to give free rein to their personal preferences and prejudices.” Discuss (Answer should be illustrated by relevant examples)
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Question 2 "The purposive approach to statutory interpretation allows individual judges to give free rein to their personal preferences and prejudices." Discuss (Answer should be illustrated by relevant examples) The question at hand here asks do we believe that Judges within our legal system make law. It is common knowledge that the legislature makes the law whilst the judicature simply interprets and applies it to given situations. Legal documents especially Statutes are very complex and the subject matter extremely difficult whilst being long-winded. Despite complicated ordinary language there is a mix of technical slang. Critics are constantly writing how 'personal preferences' and 'prejudices' free rein our judges yet do they not realize the strict principal rules of statutory interpretation including the literal rule, golden rule and mischief rule that leads them in their interpretations. Is the Judges within our society not the best person to interpret such complicated chaos, could a...
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