How to understand statutes and regulations
Record details
- ISBN: 9780779880133
- ISBN: 0779880137
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Physical Description:
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lxxvi, 421 pages ; 23 cm - Edition: 2nd ed.
- Publisher: Toronto, Ontario : Thomson Reuters, [2017]
- Copyright: ©2017
Content descriptions
General Note: | At head of title: Carswell. Includes table of cases. |
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Parliament and the Acts of Parliament -- When an Act comes into force -- How Acts ceased to be : repeal, expiration, replacement and obsolescence -- Classes of Acts and Parliament -- The elements of an Act -- The regnal year -- The citation -- The long title of the Act -- The short title -- The table of contents -- The enacting words -- The preamble -- The purpose section of an Act -- Definitions -- Headings -- Parts -- Sections, subsection, paragraphs, etc. -- Marginal notes -- Provisos -- Punctuation -- Schedules -- Incorporations of legislation or documents by reference -- How Acts and the common law work in conjunction with one another -- Statutory interpretation before the adoption of the "modern principle" -- The modern principle approach to statutory interpretation -- Textual meeting -- The meaning of words not defined in the Act -- Determining meaning through associated words -- The limited class rule -- Express inclusions and implied exclusions -- Presumption against absurdity or absurd results -- Legislative gaps and omissions -- Mistakes in an Act -- The purpose of an Act -- Extrinsic materials and surrounding curcumstance used to understand the meaning of an Act -- The Act must be read as a whole -- Interpreting an Act in the light of other Acts -- Acts which overlap, conflict and are inconsistent with each other -- Interpreting an Act in the light of the Constitution -- The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms -- Applicable interpretive principles for aboriginal legislation and treaties -- The interpretation of quasi-constitutional legislation -- Interpretating an Act in light of international law -- Acts which are interpreted in a broad and liberal manner -- Acts which are to be read narrowly -- Acts that apply from before the date on which that were passed -- The jurisdiction in which an Act operates -- How Acts of Parliament affect the Crown -- Bilingual and bijural legislation -- Regulations -- Further reading -- Glossary. |
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Subject: | Law -- Canada -- Interpretation and construction |
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Interurban Library | KE 482 S84 G53 2017 (Text) | 26040003397482 | Main Collection | Volume hold | Available | - |