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Statutory Interpretation in Australia by Holly West is a document available to read on EtoBox.

This document discusses the development of statutory interpretation principles in Australia over the past 25 years. It notes that legislatures have enacted provisions directing courts on how to interpret statutes. Courts have also increasingly discussed their reasoning and general interpretive principles. There has been an interplay between courts developing principles and legislatures enacting new directives. Notably, in 1981 the Commonwealth enacted a provision stating that an interpretation promoting a s

Author

Holly West

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EN