Subjects:

Practice & Procedure

Contents:

Introduction.

Historical.

Jurisprudential.

The basic rules stated.

The basic rules illustrated.

Internal aids to construction.

External aids to construction.

Presumptions.

Concluding questions.

Index.

This important book sets statutory interpretation in its historical background and outlines the views of the great English jurists. Illustrates the basic rules and discusses the internal and external aids to construction and of presumption.