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1、StatutoryAnalysisTheRelationshipwithCaseLawTechniquesofInterpretationStatutorylawWhenresearchingalegalproblem,wheredoyoubeginifthereisnoapplicableConstitutionalprovision?RememberthatstatelegislaturesandotheradministrativebodiesaswellastheUnitedStatesCongressmayena

2、ctstatutes.TheRelationshipBetweenCaseLawandStatutesCourtsmay…1)Determineiflegislativeactsareconstitutionalorenactedundervalidpowers2)andcreatecaselawtodeterminehowastatuteistobeinterpretedorapplied.TheRelationshipBetweenStatutesandCaseLawThelegislaturemay…1)Passs

3、tatuteswhichchangethecommonlawor2)createnewstatutorycausesofactionwhichwerenotavailableatcommonlaw.StatutoryInterpretationStatutoryInterpretationStatutorylanguagemaybeintentionallyvagueinordertoallowforjudicialdiscretion(i.e.reasonableuse)Whatdoyoudowhenthereisno

4、bindingcaselawconstruingthelanguageofastatuterelevanttoyourproblem?Judgesinterpretstatutesbyconsideringthefollowing:1)Thetextitself(plainlanguage);2)legislativeintent;3)implicatedpolicies;4)interpretationofanygovernmentalagencies;5)oropinionsofrespectedcommentator

5、s.“PlainLanguage”Plainlanguage/meaningisdeterminedby:ordinary,dictionarylanguage;bydefinitionsectionsinastatute;bytechnicaldefinitionswithinatradeorindustry;orotherusesofthesamewordinthestatute.LegislativeIntentIftheplainlanguageisunclearoriftheplainmeaningwouldlea

6、dtoabsurdorunintendedresults,courtswillconsiderlegislativeintentbylookingatthelegislativehistory.Inadditiontopredecessorstatutes,LegislativeHistoryconsistsof:Documentsthatwereproducedduringthestatute’slegislativehistorysuchascommitteereports,speeches,witnesstestimo

7、nyandstudiesintroducedintotherecord.(Statev.Blightrevisited)CanonsofConstructionThesearealsocanonsormaximsstatingcustomarywaysofinterpretingstatutes.Thecannonshowever,oftenyieldinconclusiveresultsandnotoftendeterminative.1)Ejusdemgeneris(ofthesamegenusorclass)aspec

8、ificenumerationfollowedbyageneralcatch-all;wordsconstruedtothingsofthesamecharacter.2)Expressiounis,exclusioalterius(expressionofonethingexcludes