POLS 3135 Lecture Notes - Plain Meaning Rule, Golden Rule, Pith
5 Dec 2013
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Rules of statutory interpretation: laws always have to be interpreted. For example, constitution act 1867: 24. The governor general shall from time to time to time, in the. But in fact the constitutional convention in canada says it"s the prime minister. In practice they are summoned when there is a vacancy. Only human beings in 1867 women had no role in gov"t, they always said persons meant only men. Person"s case- 19th century persons meant men only means men . Jcpc reinterpreted persons to mean men and women. Intent if legislature: if they aren"t clear should try to figure out what the legislature intended. Reasonable persons test : plain meaning according to the reasonable. Plain meaning rule: when a law is challenged before them , when its subject to different interpretations, we should start with the plain meaning rule. Prefer interpretation that is the most self evidence interpretation when reading it as is.
