Statutory Construction and Interpretation: Statutory Structure and Legislative Drafting Conventions; Drafting Federal Grants Statutes; and Tracking Current Federal Legislation and Regulations

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The Capitol Net Inc, Jun 15, 2010 - Law - 318 pages

This book reviews the primary rules courts apply to discern a statute's meaning. However, each matter of interpretation before a court presents its own challenges, and there is no unified, systematic approach used in all cases. While schools of statutory interpretation may vary on what factors should be considered, all approaches start (if not necessarily end) with the language and structure of the statute itself. In analyzing a statute's text, courts are guided by the basic principle that a statute should be read as a harmonious whole, with its separate parts being interpreted within their broader statutory context.

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Scienter
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by Larry M Eig and Yule Kim CRS Report for Congress 97589
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Chapter
55
F Various styles one nomenclature
56
F The varieties of legal effect of various parts of the U S Code
61
Other Conventions That May Be Useful To Know
67
Statutory Interpretation
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Chapter
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and Their Limitations
90
A Guide to Federal Grant Statute Drafting
125
Chapter
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A Are grant statutes generally well drafted?
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Chapter
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