TY  - BOOK
AU  - Barak,Aharon
TI  - Purposive interpretation in law
SN  - 9781400841264
AV  - K295.H4 B37 2005eb
U1  - 340/.1 22
PY  - 2005///
CY  - Princeton, Oxford
PB  - Princeton University Press
KW  - Law
KW  - Interpretation and construction
KW  - Philosophy
KW  - Semantics (Law)
KW  - Droit
KW  - Interprétation
KW  - Sémantique (Droit)
KW  - LAW
KW  - Essays
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - General Practice
KW  - Jurisprudence
KW  - Paralegals & Paralegalism
KW  - Practical Guides
KW  - Reference
KW  - fast
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; 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
N2  - 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
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