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‘Critically discuss the methods available to Judges when interpreting statues’
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'Critically discuss the methods available to Judges when interpreting statues' In the modern legal system judges rind it very hard to interpret the meaning of what statue want to achieve and are supposed to stand for. Approximately 50% of 'Court of appeal cases and 75% of house of Lord cases are related to interpretation of statues. The problem mainly exist in what does the statue actually mean and what was their purpose, this has been a problem because of the fact that some statue are so old. Other problems may include that some words within the statues may have more than one meaning. To solve this problem the 'Interpretation act of 1978' helps the judges prescribe the manner in which certain words and phrases should be interpreted. For example when a statue may say 'If a man shall...' it also means women. To make the job easier for the judge they...
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