Statutory Interpretation: General Principles and Recent Trends

Kim, Yule

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.

关键词: Law;    Judicial process;    Constitution;    Constitutional law;    Supreme Court;   

RP-ID  :  97-589
RP-ID  :  97-589_2008Aug31

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来源: UNT Digital Library

【 摘 要 】

The Supreme Court has expressed an interest "that Congress be able to legislate against a background of clear interpretive rules, so that it may know the effect of the language it adopts." This report identifies and describes some of the more important rules and conventions of interpretation that the Court applies. Although this report focuses primarily on the Court's methodology in construing statutory text, the Court's approach to reliance on legislative history are also briefly described.