Statutory Construction and Interpretation: Statutory Structure and Legislative Drafting Conventions; Drafting Federal Grants Statutes; and Tracking Current Federal Legislation and RegulationsThis 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. |
Contents
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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 | 75 |
Chapter | 77 |
and Their Limitations | 90 |
A Guide to Federal Grant Statute Drafting | 125 |
Chapter | 277 |
A Are grant statutes generally well drafted? | 279 |
Chapter | 299 |
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