Site Index

.1. Distimction between Substance and Procedures

2.Title of statute as an intrinsic Aid

3Short Title as an Intrinsic Aid

4Preamble .......2

5. Preamble and Consolidation Statutes

6.Headings In Statutes

6.Interpreting a provision

7.Explanatory Memorandum as an Aid to Interpretation

8. Schedule to Statute: An Aid to interpretation

9.Punctuation and Grammar

10.Necessity of extrinsic Aids

11.What are Extrinsic Aids

12.Exculsionary Ruleand Extrinsic Aids

13.Parliamentary Debates

14.Statement of Objects and reasons

15.Reports of Parliamentary Committees and commissions

16.Reference to other Material

17. Usage and Practice

18. Dictionaries

19.Foreign Decisions

20.Historical Facts and surroundings

21.Later developments

22.International conventions

23.Other Material

24. Case Laws and History of provision

25.Parliamentary debates: Some observatons

26.English law on Parliamentary debates

27.Irish Law on Parliamentary debates

28 Australian courts and Parliamentary Debates

29.Weight of Parliamentary speeches

30 American Citations on Parliamentary debates and Legislative

31.Authorities on Reference to debates

32.Scope of Legislative History and International Practices

33. Doctrine of Reading Down

34.Legislative Intent

35.What is Statute

36.Need of Interpretation

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37.Golden Rule of Construction ..1....2....3....4

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38.Heydons Rule....1.....2....3

39Contextual Approach...1....2....3...4....4.1......4.2............ 4.2.....5

40.Modern Contextual Approach ....1....2.....3......4

41.Constitutional Interpretation.......1.....2....3.....4....5.......6....7......8.....9.....10.....10.2....11....12.....12contd....12.1....12.3....12.4.....12.5....13.....14.....15......16......

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