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    which promises success and security to everyone in exchange for hard work alone. When reality falls short of this ideal‚ people are more inclined to bend the rules to obtain what they deserve. In his chapter‚ "The Rules about the Rules"‚ Stephen Carter indicates that Americans "care far more about winning than about playing by the rules" (180). Although Americans have a competent understanding of morality‚ their moral integrity is placed secondary to success. As a result‚ Americans are willing

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    STATUTORY INTERPRETATION TOPICS: Preliminaries Rules and approaches Aids to interpretation Impact of EU and HRA PRELIMINARIES Statutory interpretation is the way by which the parts of a statute are interpreted in order to understand what Parliament might have intended by passing that particular statute. Statutes are not user friendly. They are written in technical form and not too easy to understand (ambiguity). The words used in statues may have different meanings which indicate

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    Principles of Business Lw LAW4250 ASSIGNMENT DATE: Autumn 2011 WORD COUNT: 1500 Words SUBMISSION DEADLINE: 18th October 2011 What are the principal powers available to the courts in connection with the interpretation and application of statutory legislation. How do judicial principles of statutory interpretation engage with these interpretive powers. INSTRUCTIONS FOR COMPLETION OF THE ASSIGNMENT: Candidates will be expected to present the assignment in the form of an essay

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    Kamal McPherson Cape Law Evaluate the rules of interpretation which guides judge’s in the interpretation of statutes or acts of Parliament and the presumption they applied in this process. To gain an explicit and profound competence of statutory interpretation and rules of statutory interpretation‚ they are few key elements and definition that must be referred to these concepts. Statutory interpretation is a source of law‚ which means‚ where laws are taken from to aid in the decision making

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    Discuss the rules and other aids used in statutory interpretation which the judges could use to help them arrive at a decision in each of the appeals. You should also pay attention to judicial precedent and assess whether the case that the appellants wish to use may be binding on the Court of Appeal. This case study will investigate how certain rules or aids in statutory interpretation can affect the decision of an appeal in court due to the different circumstances involved in a case. There will

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    ascertaining the meaning of statutes. Although some of these are described as ‘rules’ they do not have the binding force of law and there is no universal acceptance regarding their precise meaning. • These principles can be divided into 4 categories: Primary Rules Secondary Rules Extrinsic Aids Presumptions 7.2. Primary Rules of Statutory Interpretation 7.2.1. Nature of Primary Rules The primary rules deal with the courts’ overall approach to interpretation. It is not possible to

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    P6: Binding Precedent: A precedent from an earlier case that must be followed even if the later judge doesn’t agree. When a higher court makes a decision‚ it is a binding that all courts who are lower. R V DUDELY and Stevens (1884): The two shipwrecked men kill and ate the cabin boy‚ later both men were convicted to murder. The ratio Decidendi: The ratio Decidendi is binding on lower courts and stands in contrast to obiter dicta. The court gave three reasons for refusing a defence of necessity

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    Rule of Law

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    RULE OF LAW In course of Twentieth century‚ the emergences of democratic legislations and state welfare laws have lowered the effect of natural law and common law. These laws are bit liberal and sometimes puts limitations on the rule of Law in the name of nation’s Interest. This principle of ‘Rule of Law’ has been a matter of discussion and analysis since a long time in the realm of Jurisprudence and Legal theory. But‚ very less interest has been shown towards the exact definition of ‘Rule of Law’

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    1.0 Introduction The rule of law is fundamental in any society where human rights are to be protected. The word rule comes from “règle” and law from “lagu” roughly translating to “supremacy of law”.1It is a mechanism for safeguarding human rights by guaranteeing them legally and at the same time providing a means for redressal where violations occur. The most important application of the rule of law is the principle that government authority is legitimately exercised in accordance with established

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    Rule 1: Arguments are unacceptable‚ as a disagreement is as far as anything can go. Purpose 1: Arguments and fight cause physical and internal damage making a commotion‚ disturbing others and disrupting the reason of a utopia (where there is no good and bad life just is). So‚ because of this fights and anything that goes farther from a disagreement is unacceptable‚ for a disagreement is only allowed because it’s normal (for it only shows a matter of opinion). Rule 2: Any form of tardiness and rudeness

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