Purposive interpretation in law / Aharon Barak ; translated from the Hebrew by Sari Bashi.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

This book presents a comprehensive theory of legal interpretation, by a leading judge and legal theorist. Currently, legal philosophers and jurists apply different theories of interpretation to constitutions, statutes, rules, wills, and contracts. Aharon Barak argues that an alternative approach--purposive interpretation--allows jurists and scholars to approach all legal texts in a similar manner while remaining sensitive to the important differences. Moreover, regardless of whether purposive interpretation amounts to a unifying theory, it would still be superior to other methods of interpretation in tackling each kind of text separately.

Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Introduction; PART ONE: INTERPRETATION; Chapter One: What Is Legal Interpretation?; 1 Definition of Legal Interpretation; 2 The Limits of Interpretation; 3 Basic Problems in Interpretation; 4 Systems of Interpretation in Law; 5 Advantages and Disadvantages of Interpretive Rules; 6 The Status and Sources of Interpretive Rules; 7 Laws of Interpretation, Jurisprudence, and General Hermeneutics; Chapter Two: Non-Interpretive Doctrines; 1 The Essence of Non-Interpretive Doctrines; 2 Filling in a Gap in a Legal Text; 3 Resolving Contradictions Normatively

4 Correcting Mistakes in the Language of a Text5 Deviating from the Language of the Text to Avoid Absurdity; 6 Cy Pres Performance; 7 From Interpretive Theory to Purposive Interpretation; PART TWO: PURPOSIVE INTERPRETATION; Chapter Three: The Essence of Purposive Interpretation; 1 "Purposive Interpretation": Terminology; 2 Fundamentals of Purposive Interpretation; Chapter Four: The Semantic Component of Purposive Interpretation; 1 Interpretive Theory and Semantic Theory; 2 Types of Language; 3 Canons of Interpretation; Chapter Five: The Purposive Component of Purposive Interpretation

1 The Essence of Purpose2 Multiple Purposes; Chapter Six: Subjective Purpose: Authorial Intent; 1 The Essence of Subjective Purpose; 2 Abstract Purpose and Concrete Purpose; 3 Subjective Purpose and the Problem of Multiple Authors; 4 Sources of Subjective Purpose; 5 Subjective Purpose as a Presumption about the Text's Purpose; Chapter Seven: Objective Purpose: Intent of the Reasonable Author; Intent of the System; 1 The Essence of Objective Purpose; 2 Sources of Objective Purpose: Internal and External; 3 Presumptions of Objective Purpose; 4 Contradictions between Purposive Presumptions

Chapter Eight: The Purposive Component: Ultimate Purpose1 The Weight of Subjective and Objective Purpose in Determining Ultimate Purpose; 2 Type of Text: Will, Contract, Statute, and Constitution; 3 Type of Text: The Effect of a Text's Age on Its Ultimate Purpose; 4 Type of Text: Distinguishing Texts by Scope of Issues Regulated; 5 Type of Text: Changes in Regime Character and Society's Fundamental Assumptions; 6 Type of Text: Texts Based on Rules and Texts Based on Standards; 7 Type of Text: Content of the Provision; 8 The Effect of Type of Text on Ultimate Purpose

9 Formulating Ultimate PurposeChapter Nine: Discretion as a Component in Purposive Interpretation; 1 The Essence of Judicial Discretion; 2 Situations of Judicial Discretion; Chapter Ten: The Theoretical Basis for Purposive Interpretation; 1 The Need to Justify a System of Interpretation; 2 Social Support for Purposive Interpretation; 3 Jurisprudential Support for Purposive Interpretation; 4 Hermeneutic Considerations in Favor of Purposive Interpretation; 5 Constitutional Considerations in Favor of Purposive Interpretation

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